Cybersecurity Analyst Questions Uncertainty in Interpreting Security Data Patterns

An experienced cybersecurity analyst expresses doubts about interpreting security data, citing the example of 1,000 login attempts on port 445 between internal servers in less than a second without any obvious malicious behavior. They describe the feeling of being informed enough to worry but not enough to be certain about the nature of the observed phenomenon. The author asks more experienced professionals whether this sense of uncertainty fades over time and what practical approaches have helped improve pattern recognition in security data.