Summary of Ppt-gnn: a Practical Pre-trained Spatio-temporal Graph Neural Network For Network Security, by Louis Van Langendonck et al.
PPT-GNN: A Practical Pre-Trained Spatio-Temporal Graph Neural Network for Network Security
by Louis Van Langendonck, Ismael Castell-Uroz, Pere Barlet-Ros
First submitted to arxiv on: 19 Jun 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); 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 The paper introduces PPTGNN, a practical spatio-temporal Graph Neural Network (GNN) for network intrusion detection. Existing GNN-based models struggle with detection speed and generalize poorly across different networks, making them impractical for real-world scenarios. PPTGNN addresses these issues by enabling near real-time predictions while better capturing the dynamics of network attacks. The model employs self-supervised pre-training for improved performance and reduced dependency on labeled data. Experiments show that PPTGNN significantly outperforms state-of-the-art models, such as E-ResGAT and E-GraphSAGE, with an average accuracy improvement of 10.38%. Additionally, a pre-trained PPTGNN can be fine-tuned to unseen networks with minimal labeled examples. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary PPTGNN is a new way to use computer science to help keep computer networks safe from bad guys trying to get in. Right now, the tools we have for this job aren’t very good at keeping up with what’s happening on the network in real time. PPTGNN tries to fix this by being better at understanding how attacks happen and when they’re likely to happen. It does this by looking at how things are connected on the network and using that information to make predictions about what might happen next. This helps us catch bad guys more quickly and keep our networks safer. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Gnn * Graph neural network * Self supervised
