False Negative
A false negative is a genuinely malicious indicator that a security system fails to detect or classify as a threat. False negatives are more dangerous than false positives because they allow real attacks to pass undetected. Coverage across multiple threat feeds reduces false negative rates.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is False Negative?
A false negative is a genuinely malicious indicator that a security system fails to detect or classify as a threat. False negatives are more dangerous than false positives because they allow real attacks to pass undetected. Coverage across multiple threat feeds reduces false negative rates.
How is False Negative related to False Positive?
False Negative and False Positive are both key concepts in threat intelligence. A false positive in threat intelligence is a benign indicator incorrectly classified as malicious. High false positive rates waste analyst time and cause legitimate traffic to be blocked. isMalicious uses multi-source correlation and reliability weighting to minimize false positives below 0.1% for high-confidence verdicts.