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The performance of machine learning based network intrusion detection systems (NIDSs) severely degrades when deployed on a network with significantly different feature distributions from the ones of the training dataset. In various…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-05-15 Siamak Layeghy , Mahsa Baktashmotlagh , Marius Portmann

A large number of network security breaches in IoT networks have demonstrated the unreliability of current Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDSs). Consequently, network interruptions and loss of sensitive data have occurred, which led…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-05-12 Mohanad Sarhan , Siamak Layeghy , Nour Moustafa , Marcus Gallagher , Marius Portmann

Network intrusion detection (NID) is an essential defense strategy that is used to discover the trace of suspicious user behaviour in large-scale cyberspace, and machine learning (ML), due to its capability of automation and intelligence,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-10-26 Shiyi Yang , Peilun Wu , Hui Guo

Adversarial examples can represent a serious threat to machine learning (ML) algorithms. If used to manipulate the behaviour of ML-based Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS), they can jeopardize network security. In this work, we aim…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-03-12 Nasim Soltani , Shayan Nejadshamsi , Zakaria Abou El Houda , Raphael Khoury , Kelton A. P. Costa , Tiago H. Falk , Anderson R. Avila

The use of Machine Learning (ML) techniques in Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) has taken a prominent role in the network security management field, due to the substantial number of sophisticated attacks that often pass undetected through…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-09-22 Mario Di Mauro , Giovanni Galatro , Antonio Liotta

Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS) is a key component in securing the computer network from various cyber security threats and network attacks. However, consider an unfortunate situation where the NIDS is itself attacked and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-10 Khushnaseeb Roshan , Aasim Zafar , Sheikh Burhan Ul Haque

Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) are developed to protect the network by detecting the attack. The current paper proposes an unsupervised feature selection technique for analyzing the network data. The search capability of the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-05-17 Chanchal Suman , Somanath Tripathy , Sriparna Saha

Organizations such as government departments and financial institutions provide online service facilities accessible via an increasing number of internet connected devices which make their operational environment vulnerable to cyber…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-07-28 Insha Ullah , Kerrie Mengersen , Rob J Hyndman , James McGree

This paper investigates the temporal analysis of NetFlow datasets for machine learning (ML)-based network intrusion detection systems (NIDS). Although many previous studies have highlighted the critical role of temporal features, such as…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-01 Majed Luay , Siamak Layeghy , Seyedehfaezeh Hosseininoorbin , Mohanad Sarhan , Nour Moustafa , Marius Portmann

Intrusion detection is an essential task in the cyber threat environment. Machine learning and deep learning techniques have been applied for intrusion detection. However, most of the existing research focuses on the model work but ignores…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-05-24 Haihua Chen , Ngan Tran , Anand Sagar Thumati , Jay Bhuyan , Junhua Ding

Attackers have developed ever more sophisticated and intelligent ways to hack information and communication technology systems. The extent of damage an individual hacker can carry out upon infiltrating a system is well understood. A…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-08-20 Cosimo Ieracitano , Ahsan Adeel , Mandar Gogate , Kia Dashtipour , Francesco Carlo Morabito , Hadi Larijani , Ali Raza , Amir Hussain

Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDSs) are an increasingly important tool for the prevention and mitigation of cyber attacks. A number of labelled synthetic datasets generated have been generated and made publicly available by…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-01-09 Siamak Layeghy , Marcus Gallagher , Marius Portmann

NIDSs identify malicious activities by analyzing network traffic. NIDSs are trained with the samples of benign and intrusive network traffic. Training samples belong to either majority or minority classes depending upon the number of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-09-24 Punam Bedi , Neha Gupta , Vinita Jindal

Intrusion detection systems (IDSs) play an important role in identifying malicious attacks and threats in networking systems. As fundamental tools of IDSs, learning based classification methods have been widely employed. When it comes to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-01-29 He Zhang , Xingrui Yu , Peng Ren , Chunbo Luo , Geyong Min

Despite the great developments in information technology, particularly the Internet, computer networks, global information exchange, and its positive impact in all areas of daily life, it has also contributed to the development of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-12-29 Mouhammd Alkasassbeh

The expansion of edge computing has increased the attack surface, creating an urgent need for robust, real-time machine learning (ML)-based host intrusion detection systems (HIDS) that balance accuracy and efficiency. In such settings,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-09-18 Onat Gungor , Ishaan Kale , Jiasheng Zhou , Tajana Rosing

Classic Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS) often rely on manual feature engineering to extract meaningful patterns from network traffic data. However, this approach requires domain expertise and runs counter to the widely adopted…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Muhammad Usman Butt , Andreas Hotho , Daniel Schlör

Intrusion detection systems (IDSs) built on artificial intelligence (AI) are presented as latent mechanisms for actively detecting fresh attacks over a complex network. Although review papers are used the systematic review or simple methods…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-08-14 Ziadoon K. Maseer , Robiah Yusof , Baidaa Al-Bander , Abdu Saif , Qusay Kanaan Kadhim

An Intrusion detection system (IDS) is essential for avoiding malicious activity. Mostly, IDS will be improved by machine learning approaches, but the model efficiency is degrading because of more headers (or features) present in the packet…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-04-04 Swapnil Mane , Vaibhav Khatavkar , Niranjan Gijare , Pranav Bhendawade

An Intrusion Detection System (IDS) is a software that monitors a single or a network of computers for malicious activities (attacks) that are aimed at stealing or censoring information or corrupting network protocols. Most techniques used…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2015-05-12 Mahdi Zamani , Mahnush Movahedi