CPEH-001 · Question #454
You work as a Security Analyst for a retail organization. In securing the company's network, you set up a firewall and an IDS. However, hackers are able to attack the network. After investigating…
The correct answer is A. False Negative. A false negative error, or in short false negative, is where a test result indicates that a condition failed, while it actually was successful. I.e. erroneously no effect has been assumed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_positives_and_false_negatives#False_negative_error
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You work as a Security Analyst for a retail organization. In securing the company's network, you set up a firewall and an IDS. However, hackers are able to attack the network. After investigating, you discover that your IDS is not configured properly and therefore is unable to trigger alarms when needed. What type of alert is the IDS giving?
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- AFalse Negative
- BFalse Positive
- CTrue Negative
- DTrue Positive
How the community answered
(18 responses)- A78% (14)
- B6% (1)
- C11% (2)
- D6% (1)
Explanation
A false negative error, or in short false negative, is where a test result indicates that a condition failed, while it actually was successful. I.e. erroneously no effect has been assumed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_positives_and_false_negatives#False_negative_error
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