Adversarial attacks have been widely studied in the field of computer vision but their impact on network security applications remains an area of open research. As IoT, 5G and AI continue to converge to realize the promise of the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0), security incidents and events on IoT networks have increased. Deep learning techniques are being applied to detect and mitigate many of such security threats against IoT networks. Feedforward Neural Networks (FNN) have been widely used for classifying intrusion attacks in IoT networks. In this paper, we consider a variant of the FNN known as the Self-normalizing Neural Network (SNN) and compare its performance with the FNN for classifying intrusion attacks in an IoT network. Our analysis is performed using the BoT-IoT dataset from the Cyber Range Lab of the center of UNSW Canberra Cyber. In our experimental results, the FNN outperforms the SNN for intrusion detection in IoT networks based on multiple performance metrics such as accuracy, precision, and recall as well as multi-classification metrics such as Cohen's Kappa score. However, when tested for adversarial robustness, the SNN demonstrates better resilience against the adversarial samples from the IoT dataset, presenting a promising future in the quest for safer and more secure deep learning in IoT networks.
While previous research @cite_4 have utilized deep learning techniques for intrusion detection in traditional networks, in this study, we extend this research area by specifically applying deep learning for intrusion detection in the context of IoT. We then demonstrate that deep learning models used for intrusion detection in IoT can be confused with adversarial samples.
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The method of network intrusion detection based on deep learning is the hotspot of current research. This paper presents an intrusion detection model based on deep belief network and analyzes the NSL-KDD dataset. The experimental results show that the algorithm improves the detection of abnormal behavior pattern data and satisfies the requirement of high efficiency and reliability of intrusion detection system.