Beyond performance improvements,Symantec Insightprovides two additional benefits:reputation scoring for documentsandfalse positive mitigation. Insight leverages a vast database of file reputation data to score documents based on their likelihood of being malicious, which aids in accurate threat detection. Additionally, Insight reduces false positives by utilizing reputation information to distinguish between legitimate files and potentially harmful ones, thereby improving the accuracy of threat assessments.

Symantec Endpoint Security Documentationhighlights Insight’s role in enhancing both detection accuracy and reliability by mitigating false positives and providing reputation-based assessments that support proactive threat identification.