CyberTRIZPEDIA

Threat Detection vs False Positives

Tune OT-specific behavioral baselines and apply ML-driven analytics to reduce false positives while maintaining NIS2-required detection capability.

CyberTRIZ analysis · Seveso contradiction CY015 · one of 8,235 worked contradictions published by CyberTRIZ.AI

Regulations

Business Context

Cybersecurity monitoring systems continuously analyze industrial

networks to detect malicious activity. Highly sensitive detection rules

improve security but may generate excessive false alarms that distract

operators and security personnel.

The Contradiction

Greater detection sensitivity improves cyber protection.

Fewer false alarms improve operational effectiveness.

Why It Exists

OT environments generate large volumes of legitimate operational

activity that can resemble suspicious behavior if detection rules are

not properly tuned.

Direction

Use behavior-based analytics, machine learning, and continuous rule

optimization to improve detection accuracy while minimizing unnecessary

alerts.

TRIZ principles applied

P23 FeedbackP15 DynamicsP05 MergingP06 UniversalityP01 SegmentationP13 The Other Way Around