Security startup Cryptonite dropped out of stealth ​late last week with a micro-segmentation-based technology designed to prevent​ ​hacker​ ​reconnaissance​ ​and​ ​lateral​ ​movement. Their new appliance, CryptoniteNXT, works by obfuscating network topology. The appliance changes a static network into a dynamic moving target. I’m not a network guru by any stretch of the imagination, but this sounds like technology that should really mess with the hackers out there. If they can’t get a read on the network they won’t be able to attack it.



Obscuring IP topology helps to prevent attacks on legacy or unpatched systems by thwarting any attempts by hackers to map exploitable vulnerabilities on a targeted network. CryptoniteNXT Net Guard, a key component of the technology, maps from an obfuscated network onto the real network.

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Source: [H]ardOCP – Mil-spec Infosec Spinout Cryptonite Reveals its Network-Scrambling Tech