{"id":15616,"date":"2026-10-11T15:34:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T10:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/?p=15616"},"modified":"2026-10-11T15:34:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T10:04:27","slug":"false-positives-email-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/false-positives-email-security\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Reduce False Positives in Email Security"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">False positives in email security are real messages that a filter wrongly blocks or holds. They cost more than most teams measure. Staff stop trusting the filter. Analysts spend hours releasing safe mail. And the habit of ignoring warnings carries over to the real threat. Cutting them is not about loosening filters. It is about giving the system better context, and giving people a faster way to fix what it gets wrong.<\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_88 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #414141;color:#414141\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #414141;color:#414141\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/false-positives-email-security\/#Why_False_Positives_Deserve_Attention\" >Why False Positives Deserve Attention<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/false-positives-email-security\/#Most_False_Positives_Are_Not_Really_Errors\" >Most False Positives Are Not Really Errors<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/false-positives-email-security\/#Book_a_Free_Demo_Call_with_Our_Expert\" >Book a Free Demo Call with Our Expert<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/false-positives-email-security\/#Where_Email_False_Positives_Come_From\" >Where Email False Positives Come From<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/false-positives-email-security\/#How_to_Reduce_Them_Without_Weakening_Security\" >How to Reduce Them Without Weakening Security<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/false-positives-email-security\/#Use_Employee_Reports_as_Tuning_Data\" >Use Employee Reports as Tuning Data<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/false-positives-email-security\/#Keep_Staff_Trusting_the_System\" >Keep Staff Trusting the System<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/false-positives-email-security\/#The_Bottom_Line\" >The Bottom Line<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/false-positives-email-security\/#Frequently_Asked_Questions\" >Frequently Asked Questions<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_False_Positives_Deserve_Attention\"><\/span>Why False Positives Deserve Attention<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A missed threat causes an incident. But a false positive causes something quieter and more corrosive: people learning that security warnings are usually wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So the scale is worth knowing. <a href=\"https:\/\/labs.cloudsecurityalliance.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/CSA_research_note_ai_soc_alert_noise_20260914-csa-styled.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft and Omdia&#8217;s State of the SOC 2026 research<\/a> found that 46% of all security alerts turn out to be false positives. So roughly half of an analyst&#8217;s day creates no security value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, email is where staff feel this directly. A blocked invoice, a held contract, or a client reply that never arrives all create pressure to turn protections down. So that pressure is how a filter ends up looser than it should be, which is one reason <a href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/phishing-emails-fool-email-filters\/\">email filters miss real phishing<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Most_False_Positives_Are_Not_Really_Errors\"><\/span>Most False Positives Are Not Really Errors<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most discussions about false positives miss this part, and it changes the fix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Researchers at the University of Oxford studied how analysts see false alarms. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usenix.org\/conference\/usenixsecurity22\/presentation\/alahmadi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Their findings<\/a> showed that most alerts analysts waved away were not detection failures at all. They were benign triggers: true alarms, correctly fired, explained by legitimate behavior in that specific environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That distinction matters, because it changes what you fix. A rule firing on a truly odd pattern is working as designed. The problem is that nobody told the system the pattern is normal here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th><strong>Type<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>What happened<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>The right fix<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Benign trigger<\/td><td>Rule fired correctly on normal local behavior<\/td><td>Add context, not a looser rule<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Overbroad rule<\/td><td>Rule matches far more than it should<\/td><td>Narrow the rule<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Stale rule<\/td><td>Condition no longer reflects reality<\/td><td>Retire or update it<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Missing allowlist<\/td><td>Known partner never registered<\/td><td>Add the sender properly<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Treating all four the same way, usually by loosening thresholds, fixes the wrong problem. 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Bulk senders like payroll or benefits tools look a lot like mass phishing. Forwarded internal threads can fail sender checks the original passed. Marketing mail from a real partner often shares sending infrastructure with less reputable senders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notice that none of these are detection failures. Each is a gap between what the system knows and what the business actually does. <a href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/blog\/ices-vs-secure-email-gateway\/\">Behavior-based tools<\/a> close more of that gap than a stricter rule ever will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Reduce_Them_Without_Weakening_Security\"><\/span>How to Reduce Them Without Weakening Security<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So the goal is better context, not weaker rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Register known senders properly.<\/strong> Log partners, payroll tools, and vendors before a contract starts, not after a blocked invoice.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Judge by behavior, not just content.<\/strong> A sender you email weekly should not be treated like one appearing for the first time.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tune from the quarantine, not the inbox.<\/strong> Review what gets held and why, on a schedule, rather than reacting to the loudest complaint.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Fix the rule, not the threshold.<\/strong> If one rule produces most of your releases, narrow that rule instead of lowering sensitivity everywhere.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Make release fast, and log it.<\/strong> A slow release process is what pushes people to demand looser filtering.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Track the false positive rate as a real metric.<\/strong> What you do not measure drifts, and nobody notices until trust is gone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Use_Employee_Reports_as_Tuning_Data\"><\/span>Use Employee Reports as Tuning Data<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Employee reports are the tuning signal most teams leave on the table. Every time someone reports a message, they label data your filter could learn from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For instance, a reported message that turns out safe tells you a rule needs context. A safe message nobody reported, but which sat in quarantine for days, tells you the release path is too slow. Both are signals, and most teams discard both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/threatcop-phishing-incident-response\">Threatcop Phishing Incident Response (TPIR)<\/a> turns that reporting into something structured. One-click reporting from the mail client means staff actually use it, rather than forwarding messages around. Behind the report, it runs header analysis, link and file scanning, an IP reputation check, and fake domain checks in a sandbox. So a human is not judging by eye. Genuine mail goes back to the inbox, and malicious mail gets removed everywhere at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That second half matters for false positives specifically. When returning a safe message is quick and automatic, the pressure to loosen the filter disappears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Keep_Staff_Trusting_the_System\"><\/span>Keep Staff Trusting the System<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, a filter that cries wolf trains people to dismiss warnings. That habit does not stay contained to false alarms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So explain what a warning means, rather than just showing it. Give a clear, fast route to challenge a block. And tell people when their report was right, because feedback keeps reporting rates up. Regular <a href=\"https:\/\/threatcop.com\/phishing-awareness-and-simulation\">phishing simulations<\/a> help here too, since staff who recognize a real lure are less likely to dismiss a genuine warning as noise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Bottom_Line\"><\/span>The Bottom Line<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">False positives are not just an annoyance to tune away. They are mostly a context problem, where a rule fired correctly on behavior nobody told the system was normal. So fix them by adding that context. Narrow the specific rules that cause the most work. Make release fast enough that nobody argues for weaker filtering. Then use what employees report as tuning data rather than discarding it. A filter people trust catches more than a filter people have learned to ignore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Frequently_Asked_Questions\"><\/span>Frequently Asked Questions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"sp-easy-accordion-block sp-eab-regular-accordion alignwide\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-eab-wrapper sp-eab-vertical-accordion sp-eab-25c93723f29e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion sp-eab-mode-vertical sp-eab-vertical-one sp-d-flex' data-accordion-settings=\"{&quot;mode&quot;:&quot;vertical&quot;,&quot;activeEvent&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;defaultAccordionOpen&quot;:&quot;first-item&quot;,&quot;selectedItemOpen&quot;:0,&quot;openMultiItemAtaTime&quot;:false,&quot;scrollToTopOnLoad&quot;:false,&quot;scrollToTopOnClick&quot;:false,&quot;accordionItemToUrl&quot;:false,&quot;animationEffect&quot;:false,&quot;applyAccessibility&quot;:true}\">\n        \t    \t\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tid =\"sp-eab-item-1ac6a880e128\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sp-eab-accordion-item eab-item-23f29e\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-eab-accordion-item-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class='sp-eab-accordion-heading sp-d-flex sp-align-center eab-heading-23f29e'\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-wrapper sp-d-flex sp-align-center eab-icon-position-end'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-start sp-d-flex sp-justify-left sp-align-center'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-title-subtitle-wrapper sp-d-flex'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-title-wrapper sp-d-flex sp-align-center'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-title-text'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat is a false positive in email security?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-end eab-icon-animated'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-expand-collapse-icon sp-d-block'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class='sp-eab-expand-icon eab-icon-angle-down-solid'><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class='sp-eab-collapse-icon eab-icon-angle-up-solid'><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- accordion body -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-content eab-content-23f29e'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-content-wrapper'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-body'>\n\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A false positive is a real email that a security system wrongly marks as malicious, then blocks, holds, or limits. It is the opposite of a false negative, where a malicious message reaches the inbox unflagged.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tid =\"sp-eab-item-9b0bfb222ce8\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sp-eab-accordion-item eab-item-23f29e\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-eab-accordion-item-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class='sp-eab-accordion-heading sp-d-flex sp-align-center eab-heading-23f29e'\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-wrapper sp-d-flex sp-align-center eab-icon-position-end'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-start sp-d-flex sp-justify-left sp-align-center'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-title-subtitle-wrapper sp-d-flex'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-title-wrapper sp-d-flex sp-align-center'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-title-text'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat percentage of security alerts are false positives?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-end eab-icon-animated'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-expand-collapse-icon sp-d-block'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class='sp-eab-expand-icon eab-icon-angle-down-solid'><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class='sp-eab-collapse-icon eab-icon-angle-up-solid'><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- accordion body -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-content eab-content-23f29e'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-content-wrapper'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-body'>\n\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Published figures vary widely, from roughly 46% to over 80%, depending on the study and on how mature the detection rules are. Microsoft and Omdia&#8217;s 2026 SOC research put the figure at 46% of all alerts.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tid =\"sp-eab-item-3fbb2a8ce779\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sp-eab-accordion-item eab-item-23f29e\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-eab-accordion-item-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class='sp-eab-accordion-heading sp-d-flex sp-align-center eab-heading-23f29e'\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-wrapper sp-d-flex sp-align-center eab-icon-position-end'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-start sp-d-flex sp-justify-left sp-align-center'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-title-subtitle-wrapper sp-d-flex'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-title-wrapper sp-d-flex sp-align-center'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-title-text'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDoes reducing false positives make email security weaker?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-end eab-icon-animated'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-expand-collapse-icon sp-d-block'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class='sp-eab-expand-icon eab-icon-angle-down-solid'><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class='sp-eab-collapse-icon eab-icon-angle-up-solid'><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- accordion body -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-content eab-content-23f29e'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-content-wrapper'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-body'>\n\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not if you fix the right thing. Loosening thresholds does weaken detection. Adding context, narrowing overbroad rules, and registering known senders reduces false positives without lowering the bar for genuinely suspicious mail.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tid =\"sp-eab-item-3075c72afdc1\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sp-eab-accordion-item eab-item-23f29e\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-eab-accordion-item-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class='sp-eab-accordion-heading sp-d-flex sp-align-center eab-heading-23f29e'\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-wrapper sp-d-flex sp-align-center eab-icon-position-end'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-start sp-d-flex sp-justify-left sp-align-center'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-title-subtitle-wrapper sp-d-flex'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-title-wrapper sp-d-flex sp-align-center'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-title-text'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy do emails from new vendors get blocked so often?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-end eab-icon-animated'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-expand-collapse-icon sp-d-block'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class='sp-eab-expand-icon eab-icon-angle-down-solid'><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class='sp-eab-collapse-icon eab-icon-angle-up-solid'><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- accordion body -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-content eab-content-23f29e'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-content-wrapper'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-body'>\n\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because the system has no history for that sender. Behavior-based filtering judges a message partly on whether the relationship looks established. So a first message from an unknown domain gives it less to work with.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tid =\"sp-eab-item-2f51f32829d0\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sp-eab-accordion-item eab-item-23f29e\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sp-eab-accordion-item-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class='sp-eab-accordion-heading sp-d-flex sp-align-center eab-heading-23f29e'\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-wrapper sp-d-flex sp-align-center eab-icon-position-end'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-start sp-d-flex sp-justify-left sp-align-center'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-title-subtitle-wrapper sp-d-flex'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-title-wrapper sp-d-flex sp-align-center'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-title-text'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHow do employee reports help reduce false positives?\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-accordion-header-end eab-icon-animated'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='sp-eab-expand-collapse-icon sp-d-block'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class='sp-eab-expand-icon eab-icon-angle-down-solid'><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class='sp-eab-collapse-icon eab-icon-angle-up-solid'><\/i>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- accordion body -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-content eab-content-23f29e'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-content-wrapper'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='sp-eab-accordion-body'>\n\t\t\t    \t\t\t\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every report is a labeled example. A reported message that proves safe shows where a rule lacks context. The pattern across many reports then shows which rules create the most needless work. Most teams collect this data, then never use it for tuning.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most email false positives are not detection failures. 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