A novel deep anomaly detection approach for intrusion detection in futurisitic network

Abstract

In an era where networks are increasingly heterogeneous and multi-domain, establishing robust security models to protect data and network infrastructure is becoming ever more complex. Traditional intrusion detection systems (IDS) often struggle with novel or variant attacks that fall outside predefined rule sets, resulting in significant detection challenges. This paper proposes a methodologically refined approach leveraging data-driven insights and statistically robust feature selection to enhance the training dataset. The study presents a long short-term memory-autoencoder (LSTM-AE) based learning model designed for multi-class anomaly detection. The model's novelty lies in its application of distance metrics to define distinct thresholds for varied attack classifications, a strategy that significantly amplifies detection precision. Experimental results validate the superior performance of the proposed system, achieving 94.82% accuracy rate, outperforming similar existing works. The study also proactively addresses common issues of class imbalance and skewed data representation in benchmark datasets by strategically training the model on normal traffic, enhancing its capability to generalize and identify anomalies effectively.