Universal Honeypot Benchmarking Standard

UHBS v4.2.2 (2026)

An objective, repeatable, quantitative methodology for deception technology evaluation — a personal open-source beta framework for comparing and grading honeypots and decoy systems by class and protocol. Not a consortium standard; see ROADMAP for community-maturity goals.

Project posture

UHBS is maintained by one author today. There is no Steering Committee or independent adopter list yet.

Production Baseline Profile (RECOMMENDED)

Organizations MAY use UHBS as an internal gate. It is RECOMMENDED that active decoys meet UHQS > 80 with a passing Safety Gate before production deployment. See Status.

• Protocol-Agnostic

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  100% architecture-neutral testing across IT, OT/ICS, AI, and Cloud

• Quantitative Scoring

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  Normalized UHQS 0–100 composite with non-linear Safety Gate \(\delta_C\)

• Six Evaluation Modules

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  Modules A–F covering fidelity, behavior, telemetry, safety, scale, and audit

• Production Baseline

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  UHQS > 80 suggested as an internal beta recommendation

Start here

1. Read Core Principles — dual-plane audit and isolation requirements
2. Author a Target Profile Specification (profile.yaml)
3. Execute Modules A–F in the five-phase workflow
4. Compute UHQS and publish a standard scorecard

pip install -e .
uhbs validate-profile templates/profile.yaml

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