312-50V11 · Question #105
Which of the following options represents a conceptual characteristic of an anomaly-based IDS over a signature-based IDS?
The correct answer is B. Can identify unknown attacks. Anomaly-based IDS detects deviations from a baseline of normal behavior, allowing it to identify novel attacks that have no known signature.
Question
Which of the following options represents a conceptual characteristic of an anomaly-based IDS over a signature-based IDS?
Options
- AProduces less false positives
- BCan identify unknown attacks
- CRequires vendor updates for a new threat
- DCannot deal with encrypted network traffic
How the community answered
(53 responses)- A2% (1)
- B89% (47)
- C8% (4)
- D2% (1)
Why each option
Anomaly-based IDS detects deviations from a baseline of normal behavior, allowing it to identify novel attacks that have no known signature.
Anomaly-based IDS typically produces more false positives than signature-based IDS because legitimate but unusual activity can trigger alerts.
Anomaly-based IDS builds a profile of normal network or system behavior and flags statistical deviations. Because it does not rely on pre-defined attack signatures, it can detect zero-day and previously unknown attacks that a signature-based system would miss entirely.
Requiring vendor updates for new threat signatures is a characteristic of signature-based IDS, not anomaly-based IDS.
Inability to handle encrypted traffic is a limitation shared by both anomaly-based and signature-based IDS and is not a distinguishing characteristic of either.
Concept tested: Anomaly-based vs signature-based IDS detection capabilities
Source: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-94.pdf
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