Cisco Exam 300-215 Topic 5 Question 72 Discussion

Actual exam question for Cisco's 300-215 exam

Question #: 72
Topic #: 5

Refer to the exhibit.

A company that uses only the Unix platform implemented an intrusion detection system. After the initial configuration, the number of alerts is overwhelming, and an engineer needs to analyze and classify the alerts. The highest number of alerts were generated from the signature shown in the exhibit. Which classification should the engineer assign to this event?

ATrue Negative alert

BFalse Negative alert

CFalse Positive alert

DTrue Positive alert

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Suggested Answer: C

by Timothy at Apr 12, 2024, 04:19 AM

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Tamie

5 months ago

Well, maybe the signature is actually detecting real threats accurately.

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Miles

5 months ago

Can you explain why you think it's a True Positive alert?

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Tamie

6 months ago

I believe it might actually be a True Positive alert.

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Craig

6 months ago

Because the signature is generating a lot of alerts, but they are false alarms.

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Miles

6 months ago

Why do you think it's a False Positive alert?

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Craig

6 months ago

I think the engineer should assign False Positive alert to this event.

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Erinn

6 months ago

I agree with D) True Positive alert makes sense in this scenario.

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Onita

7 months ago

Because a True Positive alert means the IDS identified a real threat correctly.

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Shanda

7 months ago

But why do you think it's a True Positive alert?

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Onita

7 months ago

Really? I believe it should be D) True Positive alert.

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Shanda

7 months ago

I think the answer is C) False Positive alert.

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Alida

8 months ago

Based on the information provided, it sounds like this signature is generating a high number of alerts, which suggests it's not very accurate. My guess is that the correct answer is False Positive, since the signature is incorrectly identifying non-events as security events.

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Justine

7 months ago

G: They might need to fine-tune the signature to be more accurate

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Julene

8 months ago

F: I wonder how they will adjust the configuration to reduce these false alerts

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Bernardo

8 months ago

E: Definitely, that seems to be the most appropriate classification

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Tawna

8 months ago

D: So the engineer should assign it as a False Positive alert then

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Armando

8 months ago

C: Yeah, I agree. That's probably why there are so many alerts

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Arlyne

8 months ago

B: It must be misidentifying normal activities as security threats

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Margret

8 months ago

A: False Positive alert

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Erasmo

8 months ago

Yeah, I'm with you on that. The high number of alerts suggests the system is detecting something significant, and the signature in the exhibit seems to be the culprit. So a True Positive alert sounds like the best fit. Although, I suppose it could also be a False Positive if the system is being too sensitive.

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Paola

8 months ago

Okay, let's break this down. True Positive means the alert correctly identified a real security event, while False Positive means the alert incorrectly identified a non-event as a security event. False Negative is when a real security event is missed, and True Negative is when a non-event is correctly identified as such.

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Bette

6 months ago

Got it! So that means the alert correctly identified a real security event.

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Yvonne

7 months ago

D) True Positive alert

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Aleta

8 months ago

Haha, welcome to the world of cybersecurity, my friend! Where everything is a puzzle and the stakes are high. Okay, let's take a deep breath and think this through logically. I'm leaning towards D) True Positive alert as well, but I'm open to other ideas.

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Oretha

8 months ago

Yeah, the options are True Negative, False Negative, False Positive, and True Positive. I'm guessing the answer has something to do with whether the alert is a true indication of a security event or not.

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Glennis

8 months ago

Ah, I see what you mean. But what if the system is actually missing some real threats? Then it would be a False Negative alert, right? This is really making my head spin!

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Denae

8 months ago

Hmm, this question seems a bit tricky. The exhibit shows a signature for an intrusion detection system, and we need to classify the event based on that. Let's think this through carefully.

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Alaine

8 months ago

I'm not so sure about that. If the alerts are 'overwhelming,' that suggests the system might be generating a lot of false positives. So I'm thinking C) False Positive alert could be the right answer here.

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Alita

8 months ago

Hmm, let's think this through. Based on the information provided, it seems like the high number of alerts is a problem, so the engineer needs to classify them correctly. I'm leaning towards D) True Positive alert, since that seems to be the right classification for a legitimate security event that the system is detecting.

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Caitlin

8 months ago

Wow, this question is really tricky! I'm not sure I understand the difference between all these 'false' and 'true' alert classifications. Can someone help me out here?

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