When analyzing the IDS logs, the system administrator noticed an alert was logged when the external router was accessed from the administrator's Computer to update the router configuration. What type

A false negative occurs when the IDS fails to detect an actual attack, resulting in no alert being generated for genuine malicious activity.

A true negative occurs when the IDS correctly refrains from generating an alert for a legitimate, non-malicious activity, meaning the system behaved correctly.

A true positive occurs when the IDS correctly identifies and alerts on an actual, confirmed malicious event or real attack.

A false positive occurs when an IDS generates a security alert for an activity that is actually legitimate and authorized. Because the administrator was performing a sanctioned task - updating the router configuration - and the IDS incorrectly classified this normal activity as a threat, the alert is definitively a false positive, not an indication of a real attack.