Middleboxes play a major role in contemporary networks, as forwarding packets is often not
enough to meet operator demands, and other functionalities (such as security, QoS/QoE …

To defend against multi-step intrusions in high-speed networks, efficient algorithms are
needed to correlate isolated alerts into attack scenarios. Existing correlation methods …

In large-scale environments, network intrusion detection systems (NIDSs) face extreme
challenges with respect to traffic volume, traffic diversity, and resource management. While …

The Practical Handbook of Internet Computing analyzes a broad array of technologies and
concerns related to the Internet, including corporate intranets. Fresh and insightful articles by …

To safeguard critical services and assets in a distributed environment, collaborative intrusion
detection systems (CIDSs) are usually adopted to share necessary data and information …

Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS) have become crucial to securing modern
networks. To be effective, a NIDS must be able to counter evasion attempts and operate at or …

Overhead network packets are a big challenge for intrusion detection systems (IDSs), which
may increase system burden, degrade system performance, and even cause the whole …

A common way to elude a signature-based NIDS is to transform an attack instance that the
NIDS recognizes into another instance that it misses. For example, to avoid matching the …

To protect network assets from various cyber intrusions and fit the distributed environments
like Internet of Things (IoTs), collaborative intrusion detection systems (CIDSs) are widely …

Intrusion detection systems (IDSs) are relatively complex devices that monitor information
systems in search for security violations. Characterizing the service times of network IDSs is …