An Effective Intrusion Detection System Using Flawless Feature Selection, Outlier Detection and Classification

2018 ◽  
pp. 203-213
Author(s):  
Rajesh Kambattan Kovarasan ◽  
Manimegalai Rajkumar
Keyword(s):  
Feature Selection ◽  
Intrusion Detection ◽  
Outlier Detection ◽  
Intrusion Detection System ◽  
Detection System

scholarly journals Data Reduction for Optimizing Feature Selection in Modeling Intrusion Detection System

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 199-207
Author(s):  
Alif Iman ◽  
◽  
Tohari Ahmad ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Feature Selection ◽  
Intrusion Detection ◽  
Outlier Detection ◽  
Data Reduction ◽  
Intrusion Detection System ◽  
Detection Rate ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Detection System ◽  
Detection Techniques

With the development and ease of access to internet networks, the potential for attacks and intrusions have increased. The intrusion detection system (IDS), an approach to overcome this problem, is grouped into two models: signature-based and anomaly-based. An anomaly-based IDS can be implemented by machine learning; one of the schemes in machine learning is data reduction. IDS datasets are usually obtained through a real-time process that has undefined proportional data. The purpose of data reduction is to speed up and optimize the process, improving accuracy, precision, and specifications. There are several methods to perform data reduction, one of which uses outlier detection techniques. Proper outlier detection has a positive impact on improving the classification results of machine learning. In this research, the outlier detection is done by a circle generated from the k -means clustering of all selected features. Two scenarios are designed for the evaluation: a circle generated from two points of the minimum and maximum cluster and median of all clusters. The formation of clusters conducted by k -means clustering determines the size and direction of the outlier circle so that it dynamically adjusts the distribution of data from the feature selection results. By employing the previous feature selection algorithms, the comparison is performed to evaluate the proposed method's performance. Our empirical results show that the second scenario can significantly improve the classification results in terms of accuracy, detection rate, and precision. The first and second experiments can increase the accuracy by 0.02%, and the third experiment is by 0.1%. The detection rate in the first, second, and third experiments increases by 0.01%, 0.02%, and 0.07. At the same time, precision increases by 0.04%, 0.02%, and 0.01%, correspondingly.

An intelligent flow-based and signature-based IDS for SDNs using ensemble feature selection and a multi-layer machine learning-based classifier

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
K. Muthamil Sudar ◽  
P. Deepalakshmi
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Feature Selection ◽  
Intrusion Detection ◽  
Intrusion Detection System ◽  
Network Architecture ◽  
Detection System ◽  
Software Defined Networking ◽  
Control Plane ◽  
Control Logic ◽  
Data Plane

Software-defined networking is a new paradigm that overcomes problems associated with traditional network architecture by separating the control logic from data plane devices. It also enhances performance by providing a highly-programmable interface that adapts to dynamic changes in network policies. As software-defined networking controllers are prone to single-point failures, providing security is one of the biggest challenges in this framework. This paper intends to provide an intrusion detection mechanism in both the control plane and data plane to secure the controller and forwarding devices respectively. In the control plane, we imposed a flow-based intrusion detection system that inspects every new incoming flow towards the controller. In the data plane, we assigned a signature-based intrusion detection system to inspect traffic between Open Flow switches using port mirroring to analyse and detect malicious activity. Our flow-based system works with the help of trained, multi-layer machine learning-based classifier, while our signature-based system works with rule-based classifiers using the Snort intrusion detection system. The ensemble feature selection technique we adopted in the flow-based system helps to identify the prominent features and hasten the classification process. Our proposed work ensures a high level of security in the Software-defined networking environment by working simultaneously in both control plane and data plane.

scholarly journals A feature selection algorithm combining information gain and multi-objective genetic search for intrusion detection system

2021 ◽  
Vol 336 ◽  
pp. 08008
Author(s):  
Tao Xie
Keyword(s):  
Feature Selection ◽  
Intrusion Detection ◽  
Intrusion Detection System ◽  
Detection Rate ◽  
Information Gain ◽  
Detection System ◽  
Selection Algorithm ◽  
Feature Selection Algorithm ◽  
Genetic Search ◽  
Multi Objective

In order to improve the detection rate and speed of intrusion detection system, this paper proposes a feature selection algorithm. The algorithm uses information gain to rank the features in descending order, and then uses a multi-objective genetic algorithm to gradually search the ranking features to find the optimal feature combination. We classified the Kddcup98 dataset into five classes, DOS, PROBE, R2L, and U2R, and conducted numerous experiments on each class. Experimental results show that for each class of attack, the proposed algorithm can not only speed up the feature selection, but also significantly improve the detection rate of the algorithm.

scholarly journals Scrutinizing Attacks and Evaluating Performance Appraisal Parameters via Feature Selection in Intrusion Detection System

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Navroop Kaur ◽  
Meenakshi Bansal ◽  
Sukhwinder Singh S
Keyword(s):  
Feature Selection ◽  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Intrusion Detection ◽  
Intrusion Detection System ◽  
Detection System ◽  
Denial Of Service ◽  
Cyber Attacks ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
K Nearest Neighbor ◽  
Evaluation Parameters

Abstract In modern times the firewall and antivirus packages are not good enough to protect the organization from numerous cyber attacks. Computer IDS (Intrusion Detection System) is a crucial aspect that contributes to the success of an organization. IDS is a software application responsible for scanning organization networks for suspicious activities and policy rupturing. IDS ensures the secure and reliable functioning of the network within an organization. IDS underwent huge transformations since its origin to cope up with the advancing computer crimes. The primary motive of IDS has been to augment the competence of detecting the attacks without endangering the performance of the network. The research paper elaborates on different types and different functions performed by the IDS. The NSL KDD dataset has been considered for training and testing. The seven prominent classifiers LR (Logistic Regression), NB (Naïve Bayes), DT (Decision Tree), AB (AdaBoost), RF (Random Forest), kNN (k Nearest Neighbor), and SVM (Support Vector Machine) have been studied along with their pros and cons and the feature selection have been imposed to enhance the reading of performance evaluation parameters (Accuracy, Precision, Recall, and F1Score). The paper elaborates a detailed flowchart and algorithm depicting the procedure to perform feature selection using XGB (Extreme Gradient Booster) for four categories of attacks: DoS (Denial of Service), Probe, R2L (Remote to Local Attack), and U2R (User to Root Attack). The selected features have been ranked as per their occurrence. The implementation have been conducted at five different ratios of 60-40%, 70-30%, 90-10%, 50-50%, and 80-20%. Different classifiers scored best for different performance evaluation parameters at different ratios. NB scored with the best Accuracy and Recall values. DT and RF consistently performed with high accuracy. NB, SVM, and kNN achieved good F1Score.

scholarly journals Feature Selection Models Based on Hybrid Firefly Algorithm with Mutation Operator for Network Intrusion Detection

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 192-202
Author(s):  
Karrar Alwan ◽  
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Ahmed AbuEl-Atta ◽  
Hala Zayed ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Feature Selection ◽  
Intrusion Detection ◽  
Intrusion Detection System ◽  
Firefly Algorithm ◽  
Detection System ◽  
Binary Classification ◽  
Feature Reduction ◽  
Detection Accuracy ◽  
Multi Classification ◽  
Modified Firefly Algorithm

Accurate intrusion detection is necessary to preserve network security. However, developing efficient intrusion detection system is a complex problem due to the nonlinear nature of the intrusion attempts, the unpredictable behaviour of network traffic, and the large number features in the problem space. Hence, selecting the most effective and discriminating feature is highly important. Additionally, eliminating irrelevant features can improve the detection accuracy as well as reduce the learning time of machine learning algorithms. However, feature reduction is an NPhard problem. Therefore, several metaheuristics have been employed to determine the most effective feature subset within reasonable time. In this paper, two intrusion detection models are built based on a modified version of the firefly algorithm to achieve the feature selection task. The first and, the second models have been used for binary and multiclass classification, respectively. The modified firefly algorithm employed a mutation operation to avoid trapping into local optima through enhancing the exploration capabilities of the original firefly. The significance of the selected features is evaluated using a Naïve Bayes classifier over a benchmark standard dataset, which contains different types of attacks. The obtained results revealed the superiority of the modified firefly algorithm against the original firefly algorithm in terms of the classification accuracy and the number of selected features under different scenarios. Additionally, the results assured the superiority of the proposed intrusion detection system against other recently proposed systems in both binary classification and multi-classification scenarios. The proposed system has 96.51% and 96.942% detection accuracy in binary classification and multi-classification, respectively. Moreover, the proposed system reduced the number of attributes from 41 to 9 for binary classification and to 10 for multi-classification.

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