Due to the sophisticated nature of current computer systems, traditional defense measures, such as firewalls, malware scanners, and intrusion detection/prevention systems, have been found inadequate. These technological systems suffer from the fact that a sophisticated attacker can study them, identify their weaknesses and thus get an advantage over the defender. To prevent this from happening a proactive cyber defense is a new defense mechanism in which we strategically engage the attacker by using cyber deception techniques, and we influence his actions by creating and reinforcing his view of the computer system.