E-SDNN: encoder-stacked deep neural networks for DDOS attack detection.

The increasing reliance on internet-based services has heightened the vulnerability of network infrastructure to cyberattacks, particularly distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. These attacks can cause severe disruptions and significant financial losses. Early detection of malicious traffic is crucial in effectively combating such threats. This paper presents an innovative approach called the Encoder-Stacked deep neural networks (E-SDNN) model, which leverages Stacked/bagged multi-layer perceptrons (MLP) for accurate DDoS attack detection. The proposed method employs an encoder to select pertinent features from a preprocessed dataset, enabling precise attack detection. Extensive experiments were conducted on benchmark cybersecurity datasets, namely CICDS2017 and CICDDoS2019, encompassing various DDoS attack scenarios. The experimental results demonstrate the superiority of the E-SDNN model compared to state-of-the-art methods. The proposed E-SDNN model achieved an impressive overall accuracy rate of 99.94% and 98.86% for CICDDS2017 and CICDDoS2019, respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]