# Project Artillery

Project Artillery is a Honeypots & Deception product. It runs on-premises. Pricing is free.

A combination of honeypot, monitoring tool, and alerting system for detecting insecure configurations.

Checked October 2026.

## What is Project Artillery?

Project Artillery by Binary Defense Systems is a combination of a honeypot, monitoring tool, and alerting system that aims to evolve into a hardening monitoring platform to detect insecure configurations on Linux and Windows systems. It sets up common attack ports, blacklists attackers, monitors specified folders for modifications, tracks SSH logs for brute force attempts, and sends email alerts on attacks.

Tags: Security Hardening, Linux, Windows

## Where it fits in your security program (NIST CSF 2.0)

- [Detect](https://cybersectools.com/guides/building-detect-program-small-team): helps you spot attacks and unusual activity.
- [Respond](https://cybersectools.com/guides/building-respond-program-small-team): helps you contain and handle incidents.

## Quick facts

- Category: [Security Operations](https://cybersectools.com/categories/security-operations) · [Honeypots & Deception](https://cybersectools.com/categories/honeypots)
- Deployment: On-Premises
- Company size fit: Startup, SMB, Mid-Market
- Pricing model: Free
- GitHub stars: 1,045
- Website: github.com

## Where it ranks

No shortlist covers this product's category yet. The closest is [Best MDR Solutions for Business](https://cybersectools.com/shortlists/best-mdr-solutions).

## Project Artillery FAQ

### What is Project Artillery?

Project Artillery is a product in the Honeypots & Deception category. It covers Security Hardening, Linux and Windows.

### What is the pricing for Project Artillery?

Project Artillery is free. Download and setup instructions are at https://github.com/BinaryDefense/artillery/.

### What are alternatives to Project Artillery?

Alternatives to Project Artillery listed on CybersecTools:

1. [HoneyWire](https://cybersectools.com/tools/honeywire) - Open-source canary/deception platform for detecting lateral movement on Linux networks. (Free)
2. [Guardpot AI-Powered Cyber Deception](https://cybersectools.com/tools/guardpot-ai-powered-cyber-deception) - AI-powered deception platform using honeypots to detect & disrupt attacks (Commercial)
3. [Cybersense Deception](https://cybersectools.com/tools/cybersense-cybersense-deception) - Deception-based intrusion detection system for CRITIS compliance (Commercial)
4. [PacketViper Deception360](https://cybersectools.com/tools/packetviper-deception360) - Agentless deception platform with internal & external decoy deployment. (Commercial)
5. [Ridgeback Preemptive Security Platform](https://cybersectools.com/tools/ridgeback-preemptive-security-platform) - Agentless network defense platform using deception to preemptively disrupt threats. (Commercial)

Compare all Project Artillery alternatives at [https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/project-artillery](https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/project-artillery)

### What deployment and organization size does Project Artillery fit?

Project Artillery is available as on-premises software. It is listed for startups, small businesses and mid-market companies. It is free.

## Compare Project Artillery with similar solutions

- [Project Artillery vs HoneyWire](https://cybersectools.com/compare/honeywire-vs-project-artillery)
- [Project Artillery vs Guardpot AI-Powered Cyber Deception](https://cybersectools.com/compare/guardpot-ai-powered-cyber-deception-vs-project-artillery)
- [Project Artillery vs Cybersense Deception](https://cybersectools.com/compare/cybersense-cybersense-deception-vs-project-artillery)

All alternatives to Project Artillery: [/alternatives/project-artillery](https://cybersectools.com/alternatives/project-artillery)

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