Machine Learning for Computer Security

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PhD Seminar Course on

Machine Learning for Computer Security

Mocci Classroom, March, 23-30, 2012
Instructor: Prof. Pavel Laskov
Duration: 8 hours
Schedule:
  • Friday March 23, 10-12 A.M.
  • Monday March 26, 3-5 P.M.
  • Wednesday March 28, 2-4 P.M.
  • Friday March 30, 10-12 A.M.
Venue: Mocci Classroom, DIEE A Building
Topics:
  1. Introduction to intrusion detection. Slides.
    • Taxonomy: net/host
    • Host IDS: early approaches
    • Network IDS: feature extraction
    • Signature-based IDS:
  2. Anomaly detection for network security. Slides.
    • Early approaches (packet headers, PAYL, Anagram)
    • Payload based approach
    • applications (ReMIND experiments, SCADA systems)
  3. Classification for network security. Slides.
    • Early approaches
    • Why it is difficult to use classification for IDS
    • behavioral classification
    • automatic signature generation
  4. Attacks against learning algorithms. Slides.
    • attack taxomony
    • attacks against anagram
    • attacks against automatic signature generation
Organizer: Prof. Giorgio Giacinto
Dep. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
University of Cagliari, Italy
Email: giacinto(at)diee[dot]unica[dot]it