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What strategy did Mr Mosquera employ to reduce false positive alerts in the monitoring system?
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In his initial audit, John Mosquera identified that overly broad thresholds were triggering false positive alerts, which could lead to alert fatigue and potentially mask real issues. To address this, he implemented a more nuanced approach to setting alert thresholds. He tailored each monitor to specific services and environments, ensuring relevance and minimizing noise. For example, he set up anomaly detection for CPU spikes during off-peak hours, which helped identify potential issues before they escalated while reducing false alarms during expected periods of high activity. This strategy of fine-tuning alerts based on service-specific patterns and historical data significantly reduced the occurrence of false positive alerts. Mr Mosquera reduced false positive alerts by implementing service-specific thresholds and utilizing anomaly detection, tailoring the monitoring system to the unique patterns of each environment and service.