False Positive

An alert that incorrectly indicates that malicious activity is occurring.

An alert that incorrectly indicates that malicious activity is occurring.

1. An alert that incorrectly indicates that a vulnerability is present. 2. An alert that incorrectly indicates that malicious activity is occurring. 3. An instance in which a security tool incorrectly classifies benign content as malicious. 4. Incorrectly classifying benign activity as malicious. 5. An erroneous acceptance of the hypothesis that a statistically significant event has been observed. This is also referred to as a type 1 error. This is also referred to as a type 1 error. When “health-testing” the components of a device, it often refers to a declaration that a component has malfunctioned – based on some statistical test(s) – despite the fact that the component was actually working correctly.

an outcome where the model incorrectly predicts the positive class.

An example in which the model mistakenly classifies an item as in the positive class

A false positive is approving an applicant who should be denied