Summary of Applying Self-supervised Learning to Network Intrusion Detection For Network Flows with Graph Neural Network, by Renjie Xu et al.
Applying Self-supervised Learning to Network Intrusion Detection for Network Flows with Graph Neural Network
by Renjie Xu, Guangwei Wu, Weiping Wang, Xing Gao, An He, Zhengpeng Zhang
First submitted to arxiv on: 3 Mar 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper proposes a novel Graph Neural Network (GNN) based self-supervised method for identifying specific types of network flows in an unsupervised manner, tackling the limitations of existing GNN-based methods that rely on manual annotation or binary classification. The proposed approach designs an encoder with graph attention mechanism and edge information as the essential factor, followed by a self-supervised method using graph contrastive learning. A structured contrastive loss function is introduced, which considers edge features and graph local topology. Experimental results on four real-world databases demonstrate the potential of this method, surpassing state-of-the-art supervised and self-supervised models. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper finds a new way to understand network flows without needing human help. It uses Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) to identify different types of network flows without labeled training data. This is important for Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS), which need to be able to adapt to complex attacks in real-world scenarios. The method combines GNNs with a self-supervised learning approach, using graph contrastive learning to learn from the structure of the network flows. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Attention * Classification * Contrastive loss * Encoder * Gnn * Graph neural network * Self supervised * Supervised * Unsupervised
