A False Alert Reduction And An Alert Score Assessment Framework For Intrusion Alerts

The Alert Detection Engine (ADE) is a powerful network security system that is used to secure computer networks. ADE can detect security breaches which other forms of security measures unable to uncover. Yet, it still suffers from the problem of generating huge amounts of alerts that are mostly fals...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Al-Saedi, Karim Hashim Kraidi
Format: Thesis
Language:en
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/43512/1/Karim%20Hashim%20Kraidi%20Al-Saedi24.pdf
http://eprints.usm.my/43512/
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1834502841150996480
author Al-Saedi, Karim Hashim Kraidi
author_facet Al-Saedi, Karim Hashim Kraidi
author_sort Al-Saedi, Karim Hashim Kraidi
building Hamzah Sendut Library
collection Institutional Repository
content_provider Universiti Sains Malaysia
content_source USM Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
description The Alert Detection Engine (ADE) is a powerful network security system that is used to secure computer networks. ADE can detect security breaches which other forms of security measures unable to uncover. Yet, it still suffers from the problem of generating huge amounts of alerts that are mostly false positives. Each ADE generates a large number of alerts, where some are real and the others are not (i.e. false or redundant alert). Consequently, this increases the ambiguity among the decision makers as they conduct assessments of alerts. In particular, real alerts of ADE are not classified based on the magnitude of the threat they pose. Therefore, it is difficult for the security analyst to identify attacks and take remedial action against their threats, making it necessary to categorize the magnitude of each threat. For this reason, it becomes necessary to categorize the degrees of threat using data mining techniques, especially where huge data are involved. Several reduction and assessment approaches have been proposed to solve these problems; however, they unable to address many other problems related to ADE. This thesis proposes a new framework called A False Alert Reduction and an Alert Score Assessment Framework for Intrusion Alerts. The objectives of using this framework are to reduce the false alerts and to assess such alerts and examine their threat scores. This work aims to provide a full understanding of the network attacks as well as ease the process for the analysts and save their time. Framework is a standalone system that can work online and offline. It combines the following algorithms: the first algorithm is New Alert Reduction (NAR) algorithm to remove the redundancy from the alert’s file and reduce the false positives.
format Thesis
id my.usm.eprints.43512
institution Universiti Sains Malaysia
language en
publishDate 2013
record_format eprints
spelling my.usm.eprints.43512 http://eprints.usm.my/43512/ A False Alert Reduction And An Alert Score Assessment Framework For Intrusion Alerts Al-Saedi, Karim Hashim Kraidi QA75.5-76.95 Electronic computers. Computer science The Alert Detection Engine (ADE) is a powerful network security system that is used to secure computer networks. ADE can detect security breaches which other forms of security measures unable to uncover. Yet, it still suffers from the problem of generating huge amounts of alerts that are mostly false positives. Each ADE generates a large number of alerts, where some are real and the others are not (i.e. false or redundant alert). Consequently, this increases the ambiguity among the decision makers as they conduct assessments of alerts. In particular, real alerts of ADE are not classified based on the magnitude of the threat they pose. Therefore, it is difficult for the security analyst to identify attacks and take remedial action against their threats, making it necessary to categorize the magnitude of each threat. For this reason, it becomes necessary to categorize the degrees of threat using data mining techniques, especially where huge data are involved. Several reduction and assessment approaches have been proposed to solve these problems; however, they unable to address many other problems related to ADE. This thesis proposes a new framework called A False Alert Reduction and an Alert Score Assessment Framework for Intrusion Alerts. The objectives of using this framework are to reduce the false alerts and to assess such alerts and examine their threat scores. This work aims to provide a full understanding of the network attacks as well as ease the process for the analysts and save their time. Framework is a standalone system that can work online and offline. It combines the following algorithms: the first algorithm is New Alert Reduction (NAR) algorithm to remove the redundancy from the alert’s file and reduce the false positives. 2013-09 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/43512/1/Karim%20Hashim%20Kraidi%20Al-Saedi24.pdf Al-Saedi, Karim Hashim Kraidi (2013) A False Alert Reduction And An Alert Score Assessment Framework For Intrusion Alerts. PhD thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
spellingShingle QA75.5-76.95 Electronic computers. Computer science
Al-Saedi, Karim Hashim Kraidi
A False Alert Reduction And An Alert Score Assessment Framework For Intrusion Alerts
title A False Alert Reduction And An Alert Score Assessment Framework For Intrusion Alerts
title_full A False Alert Reduction And An Alert Score Assessment Framework For Intrusion Alerts
title_fullStr A False Alert Reduction And An Alert Score Assessment Framework For Intrusion Alerts
title_full_unstemmed A False Alert Reduction And An Alert Score Assessment Framework For Intrusion Alerts
title_short A False Alert Reduction And An Alert Score Assessment Framework For Intrusion Alerts
title_sort false alert reduction and an alert score assessment framework for intrusion alerts
topic QA75.5-76.95 Electronic computers. Computer science
url http://eprints.usm.my/43512/1/Karim%20Hashim%20Kraidi%20Al-Saedi24.pdf
http://eprints.usm.my/43512/
url_provider http://eprints.usm.my/