False Positives. Wasting Your Time & Money?
What are False Positives?
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A False Positive occurs when the IDS detects a known vulnerability or exploit in benign traffic.
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Some industry reports place the average rate of occurrence of these so-called "false positives" as high as 94%.
How can False Positives Affect Your Network?
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Gartner Group declares, "By the end of 2003, 90% of IDS deployments will fail when false positives are not reduced by 90%"
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"Wild goose chases" can waste both network and human resources
Tips for Reducing False Positive
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Proper placement of the IDS
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Intelligent tuning of the IDS
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Better visibility of network usage
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Network analysis
The NIKSUN NetDetector 2005 Solution
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Integrated signature, anomaly detection and network forensic solution
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Real-time and historical analysis
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Signature tuning
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Network and application visibility
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Network analysis
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