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An analyst discovers that a legitimate security alert has been dismissed. Which signature caused this impact on network traffic?

The correct answer is B. false negative. A false negative occurs when a security system or tool fails to identify or flag an actual threat or security event. In this case, the dismissal of a legitimate security alert means that the system or analyst missed detecting a real security issue, resulting in the event being…

Submitted by ricky.ec· Mar 6, 2026Security Monitoring

Question

An analyst discovers that a legitimate security alert has been dismissed. Which signature caused this impact on network traffic?

Options

  • Atrue negative
  • Bfalse negative
  • Cfalse positive
  • Dtrue positive

How the community answered

(28 responses)
  • A
    7% (2)
  • B
    86% (24)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    4% (1)

Explanation

A false negative occurs when a security system or tool fails to identify or flag an actual threat or security event. In this case, the dismissal of a legitimate security alert means that the system or analyst missed detecting a real security issue, resulting in the event being labeled incorrectly as non-threatening or benign.

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#alert classification#false negative#incident response#security alerts

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