Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS) are crucial for safeguarding networks by detecting and classifying malicious traffic in real-time. This paper presents a novel neurosymbolic artificial intelligence (NSAI) approach for enhancing NIDS which we call ODXU, which combines neural networks with symbolic reasoning to improve classification accuracy, particularly for challenging classes. Additionally, we introduce uncertainty quantification techniques-Confidence Scoring, Shannon Entropy, and post-hoc Uncertainty Metamodeling-to enhance the reliability of the NIDS. Our experimental results demonstrate that our NSAI model, coupled with post-hoc Uncertainty Meta-modeling, outperforms traditional methods, providing superior detection accuracy and robust uncertainty estimates.
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Title
Uncertainty-Quantified Neurosymbolic AI for Open Set Recognition in Network Intrusion Detection
Publication Details
MILCOM IEEE Military Communications Conference, pp.13-18
Resource Type
Conference proceeding
Conference
MILCOM 2024 (Washington, DC, USA, 10/28/2024–11/01/2024)
Publisher
IEEE; 10.1109/MILCOM61039.2024
Number of pages
6
Grant note
U.S. Military Academy (10.13039/100009923)
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (10.13039/100000185)
Arm (10.13039/100016311)