Feature Selection Strategy for Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS) Using Meerkat Clan Algorithm

Feature Selection Strategy for Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS) Using Meerkat Clan Algorithm

Meerkat Clan Algorithm

Selection of features

NIDS

NSL-KDD

UNSW-NB15

The task of network security is to keep services available at all times by dealing with hacker attacks. One of the mechanisms obtainable is the Intrusion Detection System (IDS) which is used to sense and classify any abnormal actions. Therefore, the IDS system should always be up-to-date with the latest hacker attack signatures to keep services confidential, safe, and available. IDS speed is a very important issue in addition to learning new attacks. A modified selection strategy based on features was proposed in this paper one of the important swarm intelligent algorithms is the Meerkat Clan Algorithm (MCA). Meerkat Clan Algorithm has good diversity solutions through its neighboring generation conduct and it was used to solve several problems. The proposed strategy benefitted from mutual information to increase the performance and decrease the consumed time. Two datasets (NSL-KDD & UNSW-NB15) for Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS) have been used to verify the performance of the proposed algorithm. The experimental findings indicate that, compared to other approaches, the proposed algorithm produces good results in a minimum of time. 

R. Muhsen, Atheer

G. Jumaa, Ghazwh

F. AL Bakri, Nadia

T. Sadiq, Ahmed

International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM); Vol. 15 No. 16 (2021); pp. 158-171

1865-7923

International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE), Vienna, Austria

2021-08-23

Copyright (c) 2021 Atheer R. Muhsen, Ghazwh G. Jumaa, Nadia F. AL Bakri, Ahmed T. Sadiq

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