Thinkst Canary
A deception-based security product for IT and security teams that deploys decoys and tripwires to detect intruders on internal networks and send low-noise alerts.
Thinkst Canary Product Overview
Is Thinkst Canary Right for You?
Liners prepares and updates these highlights as product information changes. Editorial standardsBest For
- IT security teams
- Internal network defence
What It Does Well
- Realistic network decoys
- Hidden tripwires
Things to Check
- Decoy setup effort
- Alert routing options
About Thinkst Canary
Thinkst Canary is a deception-based security product for IT and security teams that deploys realistic decoys and tripwires across internal networks to detect intruders early.
Key capabilities include:
- Decoy systems (“Canaries”) across environments: Deploy hardware appliances, virtual canaries, and cloud or container canaries that mimic real assets (for example Windows file servers, Linux web servers, and network devices) and expose believable services to attract attacker interaction.
- Hosted Canary Console for management and events: Configure canary profiles, monitor device status, and handle incidents from a dedicated hosted console that receives check-ins from deployed canaries.
- Canarytokens tripwires: Create lightweight lures such as fake AWS API keys and lure documents that alert when accessed.
- Low-noise, multi-channel alerting: Trigger alerts only when something interacts with a decoy, with notifications via email, SMS/text, Slack, webhook, and Syslog.
Available via a web-hosted console and an API (docs at docs.canary.tools).
Target audience: B2B organizations that want early breach detection, including mid-market and enterprise security operations and IT teams.
Notable in the African market context, the product is developed by Thinkst Applied Research (Pty) Ltd in South Africa, and is positioned for quick deployment (the website states setup is typically under 2 minutes) using DNS-based communication to the hosted console.
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Thinkst Canary is a deception-based security product that lets you deploy realistic decoys and tripwires across your internal network so you can detect intruders early. You set up hardware, virtual, cloud, or container canaries and Canarytokens, and when an attacker interacts with these decoys, Canary sends low-noise alerts through a hosted Canary Console.
Thinkst Canary has a publicly listed price of $7,500 USD per year for a bundle that includes 5 Thinkst Canaries, unlimited Canarytokens, a hosted Canary Console, and one year of support, maintenance, and updates.
Thinkst Canary is developed in South Africa and serves customers globally, with the company stating that it is deployed and used on all seven continents.
You can sign up for Thinkst Canary by contacting the team through the website, typically via the sales or info email addresses, to discuss your needs and arrange a subscription. Once subscribed, you receive access to the hosted Canary Console and the licensed canaries for deployment.
Thinkst Canary does not offer a dedicated mobile app for Android or iOS. Access and management are provided through the web-hosted Canary Console and API.
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