Network Attack Traffic Detection With Hybrid Quantum-Enhanced Convolution Neural Network

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Hauptverfasser: Wang, Zihao, Fok, Kar Wai, Thing, Vrizlynn L. L.
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author Wang, Zihao
Fok, Kar Wai
Thing, Vrizlynn L. L.
author_facet Wang, Zihao
Fok, Kar Wai
Thing, Vrizlynn L. L.
contents The emerging paradigm of Quantum Machine Learning (QML) combines features of quantum computing and machine learning (ML). QML enables the generation and recognition of statistical data patterns that classical computers and classical ML methods struggle to effectively execute. QML utilizes quantum systems to enhance algorithmic computation speed and real-time data processing capabilities, making it one of the most promising tools in the field of ML. Quantum superposition and entanglement features also hold the promise to potentially expand the potential feature representation capabilities of ML. Therefore, in this study, we explore how quantum computing affects ML and whether it can further improve the detection performance on network traffic detection, especially on unseen attacks which are types of malicious traffic that do not exist in the ML training dataset. Classical ML models often perform poorly in detecting these unseen attacks because they have not been trained on such traffic. Hence, this paper focuses on designing and proposing novel hybrid structures of Quantum Convolutional Neural Network (QCNN) to achieve the detection of malicious traffic. The detection performance, generalization, and robustness of the QML solutions are evaluated and compared with classical ML running on classical computers. The emphasis lies in assessing whether the QML-based malicious traffic detection outperforms classical solutions. Based on experiment results, QCNN models demonstrated superior performance compared to classical ML approaches on unseen attack detection.
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spellingShingle Network Attack Traffic Detection With Hybrid Quantum-Enhanced Convolution Neural Network
Wang, Zihao
Fok, Kar Wai
Thing, Vrizlynn L. L.
Cryptography and Security
The emerging paradigm of Quantum Machine Learning (QML) combines features of quantum computing and machine learning (ML). QML enables the generation and recognition of statistical data patterns that classical computers and classical ML methods struggle to effectively execute. QML utilizes quantum systems to enhance algorithmic computation speed and real-time data processing capabilities, making it one of the most promising tools in the field of ML. Quantum superposition and entanglement features also hold the promise to potentially expand the potential feature representation capabilities of ML. Therefore, in this study, we explore how quantum computing affects ML and whether it can further improve the detection performance on network traffic detection, especially on unseen attacks which are types of malicious traffic that do not exist in the ML training dataset. Classical ML models often perform poorly in detecting these unseen attacks because they have not been trained on such traffic. Hence, this paper focuses on designing and proposing novel hybrid structures of Quantum Convolutional Neural Network (QCNN) to achieve the detection of malicious traffic. The detection performance, generalization, and robustness of the QML solutions are evaluated and compared with classical ML running on classical computers. The emphasis lies in assessing whether the QML-based malicious traffic detection outperforms classical solutions. Based on experiment results, QCNN models demonstrated superior performance compared to classical ML approaches on unseen attack detection.
title Network Attack Traffic Detection With Hybrid Quantum-Enhanced Convolution Neural Network
topic Cryptography and Security
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.20436