Federated Intrusion Detection System Based on Unsupervised Machine Learning

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Autori principali: Gourceyraud, Maxime, Salem, Rim Ben, Neal, Christopher, Cuppens, Frédéric, Cuppens, Nora Boulahia
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author Gourceyraud, Maxime
Salem, Rim Ben
Neal, Christopher
Cuppens, Frédéric
Cuppens, Nora Boulahia
author_facet Gourceyraud, Maxime
Salem, Rim Ben
Neal, Christopher
Cuppens, Frédéric
Cuppens, Nora Boulahia
contents Recent Intrusion Detection System (IDS) research has increasingly moved towards the adoption of machine learning methods. However, most of these systems rely on supervised learning approaches, necessitating a fully labeled training set. In the realm of network intrusion detection, the requirement for extensive labeling can become impractically burdensome. Moreover, while IDS training could benefit from inter-company knowledge sharing, the sensitive nature of cybersecurity data often precludes such cooperation. To address these challenges, we propose an IDS architecture that utilizes unsupervised learning to reduce the need for labeling. We further facilitate collaborative learning through the implementation of a federated learning framework. To enhance privacy beyond what current federated clustering models offer, we introduce an innovative federated K-means++ initialization technique. Our findings indicate that transitioning from a centralized to a federated setup does not significantly diminish performance.
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spellingShingle Federated Intrusion Detection System Based on Unsupervised Machine Learning
Gourceyraud, Maxime
Salem, Rim Ben
Neal, Christopher
Cuppens, Frédéric
Cuppens, Nora Boulahia
Cryptography and Security
Recent Intrusion Detection System (IDS) research has increasingly moved towards the adoption of machine learning methods. However, most of these systems rely on supervised learning approaches, necessitating a fully labeled training set. In the realm of network intrusion detection, the requirement for extensive labeling can become impractically burdensome. Moreover, while IDS training could benefit from inter-company knowledge sharing, the sensitive nature of cybersecurity data often precludes such cooperation. To address these challenges, we propose an IDS architecture that utilizes unsupervised learning to reduce the need for labeling. We further facilitate collaborative learning through the implementation of a federated learning framework. To enhance privacy beyond what current federated clustering models offer, we introduce an innovative federated K-means++ initialization technique. Our findings indicate that transitioning from a centralized to a federated setup does not significantly diminish performance.
title Federated Intrusion Detection System Based on Unsupervised Machine Learning
topic Cryptography and Security
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.22065