Which kind of event is a successful identification of a security attack?

Which kind of event is a successful identification of a security attack?

• false negative
• false positive
• true positive
• true negative

Explanation: True positives are successful identification of security attacks or malicious events. True negatives occurs when an intrusion detection device identifies an activity as acceptable behavior, and the activity is actually acceptable. False negatives are malicious activities that are not detected by a network security device. False positives are situations in which a security device triggers an alarm but there is no malicious activity or actual attack taking place.

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