During a routine vulnerability assessment of the network, an analyst receives a notification of potential malicious traffic that, upon further investigation, turns out to be legitimate and normal network activity. What does this notification exemplify?
A false positive occurs when a security system incorrectly identifies benign activity as a threat. In this scenario, the system erroneously flagged normal network traffic as potentially malicious, which is a classic example of a false positive. It is crucial for security analysts to recognize and address false positives to avoid unnecessary responses to non-threatening activities.
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