Base Rate Fallacy and NSA
I usually stay out of USA internal matters, like the VA lost laptop and NSA spying stories. But Bruce Schneier today posted in his blog a very good argument about why the NSA plots to identify terrorists are flawed. The Base Rate Fallacy is a very interesting problem that applies to a lot of detection based security technology, specially those that are anomaly based. Perhaps this is why we still haven’t applied this approach to IDSes and Antiviruses.
“Perhaps this is why we still haven’t applied this approach to IDSes and Antiviruses.”
I would like to see an analysis like that, anyway I think I know its results. Another insightful post, thanks.
July 10, 2006 @ 1:12 pm