Document Type
Report
Abstract
Much of the intrusion detection research focuses on signature (misuse) detection, where models are built to recognize known attacks. However, signature detection, by its nature, cannot detect novel attacks. Anomaly detection focuses on modeling the normal behavior and identifying significant deviations, which could be novel attacks. In this paper we explore two machine learning methods that can construct anomaly detection models from past behavior. The first method is a rule learning algorithm that characterizes normal behavior in the absence of labeled attack data. The second method uses a clustering algorithm to identify outliers.
Publication Date
3-29-2003
Recommended Citation
Chan, P.K., Mahoney, M.V., Arshad, M.H. (2003). A machine learning approach to anomaly detection (CS-2003-06). Melbourne, FL. Florida Institute of Technology.