A lightweight anomaly detection model for network traffic using multi scale spatio temporal residual learning

  • 0Network Security and Technology Department, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, 321000, China.

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Summary

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This study introduces a lightweight knowledge transfer network for efficient network abnormal traffic detection, improving accuracy and reducing computational load for enhanced network security.

Area Of Science

  • Cybersecurity
  • Network Security
  • Machine Learning

Background

  • Network attacks are evolving, necessitating advanced abnormal traffic detection.
  • Existing methods struggle with large-scale data, class imbalance, and computational efficiency.

Purpose Of The Study

  • To develop a lightweight knowledge transfer anomaly detection network for improved network security.
  • To address challenges in large-scale traffic analysis, class imbalance, and computational efficiency.

Main Methods

  • Utilized multi-scale residual networks for spatio-temporal feature extraction.
  • Implemented a lightweight knowledge transfer anomaly detection network with knowledge distillation.
  • Migrated knowledge from a teacher model to a lightweight student model.

Main Results

  • Achieved 0.93 accuracy and 0.27 loss at 100 iterations.
  • Reached 0.97 specificity with a sample size of 5000.
  • Demonstrated low training (22.8s) and inference (0.06s) times.
  • Showcased 0.07% traffic loss under high attack intensity.

Conclusions

  • The proposed method effectively handles complex network traffic data.
  • Enhanced precision and deployment effectiveness for anomalous detection.
  • Shows significant promise for real-world network security applications.