Providing a hybrid approach to increase the accuracy of intrusion detection systems in computer networks

Abstract

Abstract Intrusion detection is a critical obstacle in the realm of security and data mining methodologies. Consequently, researchers have extensively investigated the quest for the swiftest and most precise means of identifying intrusions. Essentially, intrusion detection systems are tasked with recognizing any unauthorized activities, misuse, or harm inflicted upon a system, be it by internal or external users. Recently, in order to design intrusion detection systems, artificial intelligence and machine learning methods have been used, each of which has its own characteristics and advantages. Accordingly, this article focuses on using machine learning to improve the accuracy of the intrusion detection process. In fact, by using machine learning, trends, and patterns can be easily identified and thus used in a network environment to detect intrusion. It can be very useful. For this purpose, we utilize Radial Basis Function (RBF) neural networks and support vector machine (SVM) algorithm to improve decision-making and intrusion detection. By employing RBF neural networks, important features of the data are extracted, which in turnPlease check if the author details and affiliations are presented correctly. Kindly amend if necessary. enhance the overall performance of the solution and the efficiency of the SVM algorithm. This is because feature reduction ultimately leads to improved effectiveness of the SVM algorithm. In methods lacking this capability, the learning algorithm is compelled to utilize features that have no specific correlation with intrusion and essentially do not contribute to identifying attacks. Such learning approaches essentially learn from noisy data, which negatively impacts the intrusion detection solution. Finally, the proposed solution was evaluated using Python programming language and KDD99 data set. The results of the evaluation indicate that the proposed solution has a higher accuracy and precision than other evaluated solutions. So, the accuracy is 97, and the precision is over 99%.

Keywords

• Intrusion detection system
• Machine learning
• Neural networks
• KDD dataset