Netinfo Security ›› 2025, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (8): 1240-1253.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1671-1122.2025.08.006

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Review of Network Intrusion Detection System for Unbalanced Data

JIN Zhigang(), LI Zimeng, CHEN Xuyang, LIU Zepei   

  1. School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • Received:2025-06-11 Online:2025-08-10 Published:2025-09-09

Abstract:

Network intrusion detection systems based on machine learning have become a research hotspot in recent years due to their excellent feature extraction and recognition capabilities. However, traffic data is imbalanced, and attack traffic is difficult to capture in real-world networks. The issue of unbalanced data leads to challenges in model generalization and degrades detection performance. To address the problem of unbalanced data, this paper analyzed relevant research in network intrusion detection. Firstly, it introduced the concepts of intrusion detection and unbalanced data and summarized commonly used datasets and evaluation metrics. Secondly, it categorized existing methods from both data and model perspectives and analyzed their advantages and disadvantages. Finally, the paper discussed the problems in current research and the trends in future development.

Key words: network intrusion detection, unbalanced data, data augmentation, deep learning

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