False Positive: A system mistakenly flags benign or normal activity as suspicious or malicious. While this doesn’t pose a direct threat, a high number of false positives can lead to alert fatigue, which is when genuine alerts are ignored due to a large number of false alarms, potentially leading to overlooked real threats.
Categories: CC D5: Security Operations | CCSP D5: Cloud Security Operations | CISM D3: Information Security Program | CISSP D7: Security Operations | Security+ D5: Security Program Management and Oversight | SSCP D3: Risk Identification Monitoring and Analysis
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