What does an analyst closure or disposition prove?¶

It proves that an alert was assigned an assessment such as benign, false positive, true positive or resolved. The label records a decision made with the information and operational purpose available then; it is not automatically a final evidential finding.

Dispositions vary in depth and purpose¶

A closure may follow detailed technical work, a quick triage decision, an automated recommendation or another team's note. It can document checks, accepted explanations, containment and remediation, but a true-positive label need not resolve attribution or full impact.

Similarly, false positive means the suspicious interpretation was rejected, not that the source events did not happen.

Preserve the reasoning behind the label¶

Keep analyst identity or team, notes, timestamps, linked evidence, actions and later reclassification. Establish what sources the reviewer accessed and whether the alert was reopened.

Review important conclusions against the underlying events and applicable procedure. Report the disposition as the platform or team's assessment, explaining its basis and any later evidence rather than adopting the label as unqualified fact.