Building a Network Anomaly Detection System with Autoencoders
Introduction to Network Anomaly Detection In the vast and often treacherous landscape of network traffic, anomalies can be the digital equivalent of a ticking time bomb. Detecting these anomalies is crucial for maintaining network security and integrity. One of the most promising approaches to this challenge is using autoencoders, a type of neural network that excels in identifying unusual patterns. What are Autoencoders? Autoencoders are neural networks designed to learn efficient representations of the input data by reconstructing it. They consist of two main parts: the encoder and the decoder. The encoder maps the input to a lower-dimensional representation (the bottleneck), and the decoder maps this representation back to the original input. This process helps the network learn to identify the most important features of the data. ...