Reducing false positives in anomaly detectors through fuzzy alert aggregation

  • Authors:
  • Federico Maggi;Matteo Matteucci;Stefano Zanero

  • Affiliations:
  • Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione, Politecnico di Milano Technical University, via Ponzio 34/5, 20133 Milano, Italy;Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione, Politecnico di Milano Technical University, via Ponzio 34/5, 20133 Milano, Italy;Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione, Politecnico di Milano Technical University, via Ponzio 34/5, 20133 Milano, Italy

  • Venue:
  • Information Fusion
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

In this paper we focus on the aggregation of IDS alerts, an important component of the alert fusion process. We exploit fuzzy measures and fuzzy sets to design simple and robust alert aggregation algorithms. Exploiting fuzzy sets, we are able to robustly state whether or not two alerts are ''close in time'', dealing with noisy and delayed detections. A performance metric for the evaluation of fusion systems is also proposed. Finally, we evaluate the fusion method with alert streams from anomaly-based IDS.