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What describes the impact of false-positive alerts compared to false-negative alerts?

  • A. A false negative is alerting for an XSS attack. An engineer investigates the alert and discovers that an XSS attack happened. A false positive is when an XSS attack happens and no alert is raised.
  • B. A false positive is an event altering for an SQL injection attack. An engineer investigates the alert and discovers that an attack attempt was blocked by IPS. A false negative is when the attack gets detected but succeeds and results in a breach.
  • C. A false positive is an event altering for a brute-force attack. An engineer investigates the alert and discovers that a legitimate user entered the wrong credential several times. A false negative is when a threat actor tries to brute-force attack a system and no alert is raised.
  • D. A false negative is a legitimate attack triggering a brute-force alert. An engineer investigates the alert and finds out someone intended to break into the system. A false positive is when no alert and no attack is occurring.
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SecurityGuy
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Selected Answer: C
A False-Positive is an event altering for a Brute-Force Attack An Engineer investigates the alert and discovers that a legitimate user entered the wrong credential several times. FALSE-POSITIVE = Entering of wrong credentials was Incorrectly classified as positive. A False-Negative is when a Threat Actor tries to Brute-Force Attack a system and no alert is raised. FALSE-NEGATIVE = Brute Force attack was Incorrectly classified as Negative.
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