Intrusion Detection Systems

In our world of ever-increasing Internet connectivity, there is an on-going threat of intrusion, denial of service attacks, or countless other abuses of computer and network resources. In particular, these threats continue to persist even on account of the flaws of current commercial Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS). The flaws of current IDS are the result of the concurrence of several shortcomings such as excessive resource requirements, limited precision, lack of flexibility, and scope limitation. The aim of this book is to present the contributions made by both academia and industry to thwart those threats