As nearly half of the incidents in enterprise security have been triggered by insiders,it is important to deploy a more intelligent defense system to assist enterprises in pinpointing and resolving the incidents cause...As nearly half of the incidents in enterprise security have been triggered by insiders,it is important to deploy a more intelligent defense system to assist enterprises in pinpointing and resolving the incidents caused by insiders or malicious software(malware)in real-time.Failing to do so may cause a serious loss of reputation as well as business.At the same time,modern network traffic has dynamic patterns,high complexity,and large volumes that make it more difficult to detect malware early.The ability to learn tasks sequentially is crucial to the development of artificial intelligence.Existing neurogenetic computation models with deep-learning techniques are able to detect complex patterns;however,the models have limitations,including catastrophic forgetfulness,and require intensive computational resources.As defense systems using deep-learning models require more time to learn new traffic patterns,they cannot perform fully online(on-the-fly)learning.Hence,an intelligent attack/malware detection system with on-the-fly learning capability is required.For this paper,a memory-prediction framework was adopted,and a simplified single cell assembled sequential hierarchical memory(s.SCASHM)model instead of the hierarchical temporal memory(HTM)model is proposed to speed up learning convergence to achieve onthe-fly learning.The s.SCASHM consists of a Single Neuronal Cell(SNC)model and a simplified Sequential Hierarchical Superset(SHS)platform.The s.SCASHMis implemented as the prediction engine of a user behavior analysis tool to detect insider attacks/anomalies.The experimental results show that the proposed memory model can predict users’traffic behavior with accuracy level ranging from 72%to 83%while performing on-the-fly learning.展开更多
基金This research was funded by Scientific Research Deanship,Albaha University,under the Grant Number:[24/1440].
文摘As nearly half of the incidents in enterprise security have been triggered by insiders,it is important to deploy a more intelligent defense system to assist enterprises in pinpointing and resolving the incidents caused by insiders or malicious software(malware)in real-time.Failing to do so may cause a serious loss of reputation as well as business.At the same time,modern network traffic has dynamic patterns,high complexity,and large volumes that make it more difficult to detect malware early.The ability to learn tasks sequentially is crucial to the development of artificial intelligence.Existing neurogenetic computation models with deep-learning techniques are able to detect complex patterns;however,the models have limitations,including catastrophic forgetfulness,and require intensive computational resources.As defense systems using deep-learning models require more time to learn new traffic patterns,they cannot perform fully online(on-the-fly)learning.Hence,an intelligent attack/malware detection system with on-the-fly learning capability is required.For this paper,a memory-prediction framework was adopted,and a simplified single cell assembled sequential hierarchical memory(s.SCASHM)model instead of the hierarchical temporal memory(HTM)model is proposed to speed up learning convergence to achieve onthe-fly learning.The s.SCASHM consists of a Single Neuronal Cell(SNC)model and a simplified Sequential Hierarchical Superset(SHS)platform.The s.SCASHMis implemented as the prediction engine of a user behavior analysis tool to detect insider attacks/anomalies.The experimental results show that the proposed memory model can predict users’traffic behavior with accuracy level ranging from 72%to 83%while performing on-the-fly learning.
