The most common defensive strategy used to defend networks is to detect threats and respond accordingly. Given that attackers can continuously change behavior, detection is an inherently flawed defensive strategy that results in the cost of defense being far greater than the cost of attack. Deception technology can greatly increase the cost of attack. The talk covers a simplified version of the attack lifecycle, types of static defenses and possible countermeasures, categories of deception techniques, and how deception techniques can be employed in network operations to influence attacker behavior.