Nowadays, there is a huge and growing concern about security in information and
communication technology among the scientific community because any attack or anomaly …

Context One of the main targets of cyber-attacks is data exfiltration, which is the leakage of
sensitive or private data to an unauthorized entity. Data exfiltration can be perpetrated by an …

It is remarkable how proactive network management is in such demand nowadays, since
networks are growing in size and complexity and Information Technology services cannot be …

The increased usage of cloud services, growing number of web applications users, changes
in network infrastructure that connects devices running mobile operating systems and …

The increasing volume of data in large networks to be analyzed imposes new challenges to
an intrusion detection system. Since data in computer networks is growing rapidly, the …

Evolving environments challenge researchers with non stationary data flows where the
concepts–or states–being tracked can change over time. This requires tracking algorithms …

Network intrusion detection is critical component of network management for security, quality
of service and other purposes. These systems allow early detection of network intrusion and …

Network anomalies and attacks represent a serious challenge to ISPs, who need to cope
with an increasing number of unknown events that put their networks' integrity at risk. Most of …

Monitoring communication networks and their traffic is of essential importance for estimating
the risk in the Internet, and therefore designing suited protection systems for computer …

Anomaly detection is a crucial topic in network security which refers to automatically mining
known and unknown attacks or threats. Many detectors have been proposed in the last …