An adaptive multistage intrusion detection and prevention system in software defined networking environment

Abstract

The advancements made in Software-Defined Networking (SDN) technology seem quite promising, with potential wide application in managing and controlling the latest network infrastructures. SDN technology decouples the control plane from the data plane, enabling effective and flexible network management. However, this dynamic phenomenon brings new security challenges. With the increasing dynamism and programmable nature of networks, conventional security protocols may not sufficient to protect against advanced and sophisticated attacks. Although Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs) have been extensively applied for identifying and preventing security threats in traditional network environments, IDS models designed specifically for traditional network requirements may not be adequate for SDN environments. These issues may stem from the static nature of conventional networks, contrasting with the dynamicity of advanced SDN networks, and the traditional IDS’s inability to adapt to the dynamic nature of SDN. To address these challenges, the current research proposes a novel Deep Hybrid IDS model to enhance network security in SDN environments and prevent attacks using Scapy. The proposed model detects signature-based attacks by integrating Gated Recurrent Units (GRU) and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) for real-time simulated datasets, achieving an accuracy of 97.8%, which is comparatively better than existing models.