Alert fatigue
Course: AP® Cybersecurity Shows up in: Unit 3: Securing Networks
When responders get used to false positives and take alerts less seriously, assuming they are false before investigating.
Appears in the course and exam description (CED): 3.5.D.3
Why it matters in Unit 3
It turns a detection system into background noise.
Example
After 200 harmless alerts, the 201st, a real one, sits unread.
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