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Working with false positives and false negatives

Working with false positives and false negatives

Every technology encounters false positives and false negatives, and expectations need to be realistic.

For example, when there is a lot of HTTP traffic from sniffer, you might have some false positive files among thousands of files. If there are five false positive samples out of 2000 files, the false positive rate is: 0.25%.

False negative is when FortiNDR does not detect a malware.

Ensure you are using the latest ANN. Check the latest version of FortiNDR ANN at https://www.fortiguard.com/services/fortindr.

Working with false positives and false negatives

Every technology encounters false positives and false negatives, and expectations need to be realistic.

For example, when there is a lot of HTTP traffic from sniffer, you might have some false positive files among thousands of files. If there are five false positive samples out of 2000 files, the false positive rate is: 0.25%.

False negative is when FortiNDR does not detect a malware.

Ensure you are using the latest ANN. Check the latest version of FortiNDR ANN at https://www.fortiguard.com/services/fortindr.