Stay ahead of attackers with intelligent deception technology that exposes threats early, stops lateral movement in its tracks, and gives your security team the actionable intelligence needed to respond with confidence, before damage is done.
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Unlike signature-based detection tools that react to what they already know, deception technology works by turning attacker behaviour against them. The moment a threat actor, whether an external intruder or a malicious insider, interacts with a decoy, your security team knows. Not eventually. Immediately.
As a Fortinet Expert Engage Partner and the only Fortinet partner in the UK to hold both ETSP (Expert Technical Support Provider) and EPSP (Expert Professional Services Provider) statuses alongside Partner LEd Delivery approval, Switchshop brings an unmatched depth of certified expertise to every FortiDeceptor deployment. We specialise in designing and deploying FortiDeceptor solutions tailored to the specific threat landscape and operational environment of your organisation, from enterprise IT networks to complex OT and industrial control system environments across the UK.
FortiDeceptor stands apart from conventional detection tools through its ability to surface real, in-progress threats with precision, eliminating the alert fatigue that plagues security teams relying on volume-based detection. Every alert generated by FortiDeceptor is meaningful because no legitimate user or system should ever interact with a decoy.
Whether you’re looking to reduce dwell time, protect critical OT infrastructure, defend against ransomware and lateral movement, or enrich your broader security operations with high-confidence threat intelligence, FortiDeceptor provides a deception layer that works silently alongside your existing controls and delivers results that traditional tools simply cannot.
Deception-Based Threat Detection Deploy convincing decoy assets, including fake servers, credentials, network shares, databases, and endpoints, that are indistinguishable from real infrastructure to an attacker. Any engagement with these decoy triggers an immediate, actionable alert, giving your team early warning of threats that would otherwise remain invisible for days, weeks, or longer.
FortiDeceptor places deception assets throughout your environment to intercept this movement at the earliest possible stage, before attackers reach high-value targets, exfiltrate data, or deploy destructive payloads.
FortiDeceptor addresses this directly with OT-specific decoys, including realistic emulations of PLCs, HMIs, SCADA systems, and industrial protocols that detect threats targeting critical infrastructure without touching or disrupting live operational systems.
This eliminates the noise of false positives that overwhelms many security operations teams, allowing your analysts to focus entirely on genuine, confirmed threats, with full forensic detail on attacker behaviour, tools, and techniques.
When a threat is detected, FortiDeceptor can automatically quarantine the compromised asset via FortiGate, update threat feeds in FortiAnalyzer, and feed enriched incident data into FortiSIEM, accelerating response and containing threats before they escalate.
FortiDeceptor deploys a fabric of decoy assets across your network; servers, workstations, credentials, network shares, cloud resources, and more, creating a deception layer that is invisible to legitimate users but irresistible to attackers. Decoys are dynamically generated and continuously refreshed to remain convincing, ensuring your deception environment evolves alongside your real infrastructure. Every engagement triggers an immediate, high-fidelity alert enriched with full attacker forensics, giving your team the context to act decisively.
FortiDeceptor provides purpose-built deception capabilities for operational technology environments, emulating a broad range of industrial devices and protocols including Modbus, DNP3, IEC 61850, BACnet, and more. OT decoys sit passively alongside live systems, requiring no changes to operational infrastructure whilst providing early warning of threats targeting industrial control systems, critical national infrastructure, and manufacturing environments. For organisations subject to NIS2 or other OT security frameworks, FortiDeceptor provides a highly effective compensating control where traditional endpoint security is not feasible.
FortiDeceptor places deception lures, including fake credentials, network shares, and Active Directory objects, throughout your environment specifically to intercept the reconnaissance and lateral movement techniques used by ransomware operators and APT groups. When an attacker uses a deceptive credential or accesses a fake share, FortiDeceptor immediately identifies the compromised account, the attack vector, and the techniques in use, enabling your team to contain the threat before encryption or exfiltration begins.
FortiDeceptor is a native component of the Fortinet Security Fabric, enabling automated, coordinated responses across your entire Fortinet deployment. Threat intelligence generated by FortiDeceptor is automatically shared with FortiGate for dynamic policy enforcement, FortiAnalyzer for centralised logging and compliance reporting, FortiSIEM for correlation and incident management, and FortiSOAR for automated playbook-driven response. This closed-loop integration transforms deception alerts into immediate, fabric-wide action, dramatically reducing mean time to respond (MTTR).
As a Fortinet Partner, Switchshop delivers expert-led deception security solutions that strengthen your detection capabilities and integrate seamlessly with your existing security architecture:
Expert Design, Deployment, and Support
Our certified security engineers work with you to map your environment, identify the highest-risk areas for deception deployment, and design a FortiDeceptor architecture that delivers maximum coverage and detection value. We support you from initial assessment through to deployment, tuning, and ongoing managed support, ensuring your deception environment remains effective as your network evolves.
Tailored Solutions for IT and OT Environments
We design FortiDeceptor deployments aligned to your specific environment and threat profile, whether that’s a corporate IT network, a hybrid IT/OT environment, a manufacturing facility, or critical national infrastructure. Our approach is practical, risk-aligned, and designed to complement your existing security investments rather than replace them.
End-to-End Service Delivery
From threat landscape assessment and deception architecture design to procurement, deployment, Fortinet Security Fabric integration, and ongoing management, Switchshop provides a complete FortiDeceptor service, giving you a single, accountable partner across the full lifecycle of your deception security programme.
Proven Security Expertise
Join organisations across the UK who trust Switchshop to design and deliver advanced security solutions with measurable outcomes. Our capabilities span healthcare, enterprise IT, critical infrastructure, manufacturing, and regulated financial services environments, sectors where early threat detection and operational continuity are paramount.
What is FortiDeceptor, and how does deception technology work?
FortiDeceptor is Fortinet’s enterprise deception platform. It works by deploying realistic decoy assets: fake servers, credentials, network shares, endpoints, and OT devices throughout your network environment. These decoys have no legitimate business function, so any interaction with them is an immediate, confirmed indicator of malicious activity. Deception technology detects threats that have already bypassed perimeter defences, providing early warning of in-network attackers with virtually zero false positives.
How is FortiDeceptor different from a traditional intrusion detection system (IDS)?
A traditional IDS inspects network traffic and compares it against known threat signatures or behavioural baselines, generating alerts when something looks suspicious. This approach produces high volumes of alerts, many of which are false positives, and struggles to detect novel or low-and-slow attack techniques. FortiDeceptor takes a fundamentally different approach; rather than analysing legitimate traffic, it creates a parallel layer of fake assets that no legitimate user should ever touch. Any interaction is definitively malicious, producing high-confidence alerts with full forensic context and no false positive noise.
Can FortiDeceptor protect OT and industrial control system environments?
Yes. FortiDeceptor includes purpose-built OT deception capabilities, emulating a wide range of industrial devices and protocols, including PLCs, HMIs, SCADA systems, and common industrial communications protocols. OT decoys are deployed passively alongside live operational infrastructure, requiring no changes to existing systems and causing no disruption to operational processes, making FortiDeceptor one of the most effective and non-invasive security controls available for OT environments.
How does FortiDeceptor help defend against ransomware?
Ransomware attacks typically involve an initial compromise followed by a period of reconnaissance and lateral movement, during which the attacker maps the network, escalates privileges, and identifies high-value targets before deploying the ransomware payload. FortiDeceptor places deception lures, including fake credentials, network shares, and Active Directory objects, throughout this lateral movement path. When an attacker engages with these lures, FortiDeceptor immediately identifies the compromised account and attack vector, enabling containment before the ransomware payload is ever executed.
How does FortiDeceptor integrate with the rest of our Fortinet environment?
FortiDeceptor is a native component of the Fortinet Security Fabric. It shares threat intelligence with FortiGate for automated quarantine and policy enforcement, FortiAnalyzer for centralised logging and compliance reporting, FortiSIEM for event correlation and incident management, and FortiSOAR for automated playbook-driven response. This means a deception alert doesn’t just notify your team, it can trigger immediate, coordinated action across your entire Fortinet security stack.
Do we need to replace our existing security tools to deploy FortiDeceptor?
No. FortiDeceptor is designed to complement and enhance your existing security controls, not replace them. It operates as an additional detection layer that catches threats which have already bypassed perimeter defences, working alongside your firewall, endpoint protection, and SIEM to provide detection capabilities that traditional tools cannot replicate. For organisations with an existing Fortinet deployment, integration is seamless through the Security Fabric.
Is FortiDeceptor suitable for organisations subject to NIS2 or other compliance frameworks?
Yes. FortiDeceptor supports compliance with a range of security frameworks and regulations, including NIS2, ISO 27001, and Cyber Essentials Plus. Its ability to detect in-network threats, generate forensic-quality incident data, and integrate with centralised logging and reporting platforms such as FortiAnalyzer makes it a valuable tool for organisations that need to demonstrate active threat detection, incident response capability, and audit-ready security operations.
Contact Switchshop today for a personalised consultation on FortiDeceptor. Discover how deception-based threat detection can dramatically reduce your attacker dwell time, protect your OT and IT infrastructure, and give your security team the early warning intelligence they need to respond decisively. Strengthen your defences with FortiDeceptor and Switchshop, your trusted partner in advanced enterprise security.
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