His security evidence agent was right only a quarter of the time

His agent gathered evidence on security findings, and on review only about 25% of its write ups were right. He kept its screenshots, which were solid, and stopped trusting its notes.

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How it works

The agent gathers evidence on each finding
It takes screenshots
It writes up what the evidence shows
His review finds only about a quarter of the write ups right

Why it’s worth knowing

The split is the lesson: its screenshots were evidence, its sentences were guesses, and only one of the two deserved trust.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on reddit.com. See the original ↗

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