In an era where traditional firewalls and antivirus software no longer stand a chance against sophisticated cyberattacks, this book provides the essential roadmap you need to secure next-generation cloud, IoT, and decentralized systems against catastrophic data breaches and ransomware.
Table of ContentsPreface
1. Emerging Trends in Artificial Intelligence for CybersecurityUtpal Ghosh and Shrabanti Kundu
1.1 Introduction
1.1.1 Historical Context and Motivation for AI in Cybersecurity
1.1.2 Understanding the Cyber Threat Landscape
1.1.3 Role of AI in Cybersecurity
1.1.4 Key AI Techniques in Cybersecurity
1.1.4.1 Machine Learning
1.1.4.2 Deep Learning
1.1.4.3 Reinforcement Learning
1.1.4.4 Transfer Learning
1.1.4.5 Zero-Shot Learning
1.1.5 Challenges and Limitations
1.1.6 Future Directions
1.2 Literature Review
1.2.1 Early Applications of AI in Cybersecurity
1.2.2 Evolution of ML Techniques in Cybersecurity
1.2.3 Emergence of DL in Cybersecurity
1.2.4 Rise of RL in Cybersecurity
1.2.5 Advent of TL and ZSL
1.2.6 Current Challenges and Research Gaps
1.2.6.1 Interpretability and Trust
1.2.6.2 Adversarial ML
1.2.6.3 Data Imbalance and Scarcity
1.2.6.4 Dynamic Threat
1.2.6.5 Ethical and Privacy
1.3 Methodology
1.3.1 Experimental Design
1.3.1.1 Model Selection and Implementation
1.3.1.2 Dataset Preprocessing and Feature Engineering
1.3.1.3 Training, Validation, and Testing
1.3.2 AI Models Utilized
1.3.2.1 ML Models
1.3.2.2 DL Models
1.3.2.3 RL Models
1.3.2.4 TL Models
1.3.2.5 Models for ZSL
1.3.3 Datasets
1.3.4 Evaluation Metrics
1.3.5 Cross-Validation and Hyperparameter Tuning
1.3.6 Ethical Considerations
1.4 Results and Comparative Analysis
1.4.1 Performance on Intrusion Detection Tasks
1.4.1.1 NSL-KDD Dataset
1.4.1.2 CICIDS 2017 Dataset
1.4.2 Performance on Malware Detection Tasks
1.4.2.1 EMBER 2018 Dataset
1.4.3 ZSL Results
1.4.4 Summary of Comparative Analysis
1.5 Discussion, Challenges, and Research Gap
1.5.1 Discussion
1.5.2 Challenges and Research Gaps
1.6 Conclusions
References
2. Deep Learning for CybersecurityHimani Tyagi, Aditya Dayal Tyagi and Swati Sah
2.1 Introduction
2.1.1 Overview of the Cybersecurity Landscape
2.1.2 Need for Automation and Intelligence in Threat Detection
2.1.3 Why DL for Cybersecurity?
2.2 Fundamentals of DL
2.2.1 Brief Introduction to DL
2.2.2 Common Architectures: CNN, RNN, LSTM, GANs, and Transformers
2.2.3 Convolutional Neural Networks
2.2.4 Recurrent Neural Networks
2.2.5 Long Short-Term Memory Networks
2.2.6 Generative Adversarial Networks
2.2.7 Transformers
2.2.8 Relevance of DL Characteristics to Cybersecurity Tasks
2.2.8.1 Automatic Feature Extraction
2.2.8.2 Scalability to Big Data
2.2.8.3 Adaptability and Generalization
2.2.8.4 Sequential and Temporal Pattern Recognition
2.2.8.5 Robustness to Noisy Data
2.2.8.6 Adversarial Learning and Simulation
2.2.8.7 Real-Time Detection and Decision-Making
2.3 DL Applications in Cybersecurity
2.3.1 Malware Detection
2.3.1.1 Static Analysis versus Dynamic Analysis
2.3.1.2 DL Techniques for Malware Classification
2.3.2 Intrusion Detection Systems
2.3.3 Phishing Detection
2.3.4 Spam and Botnet Detection
2.3.5 CTI Automation
2.3.6 Adversarial Attack Detection
2.3.7 User and Entity Behavior Analytics
2.4 DL Techniques and Architectures in Cybersecurity
2.4.1 CNN for Image-Based Malware
2.4.2 RNN and LSTM for Sequential Logs
2.4.3 Autoencoders for Anomaly Detection
2.4.4 GANs for Attack Simulation and Detection
2.4.5 Transformer Models for Cybersecurity Text Data
2.5 Challenges and Limitations
2.5.1 Adversarial ML
2.5.2 Interpretability and Explainability Issues
2.5.3 Data Scarcity and Data Imbalance
2.5.4 Computational Cost and Model Deployment Hurdles
2.5.5 Privacy Concerns in Cybersecurity Datasets
2.6 Emerging Trends
2.6.1 FL for Distributed Security Systems
2.6.2 SSL and Its Potential
2.6.3 XAI in Cybersecurity
2.6.4 ZTA with AI Assistance
2.6.5 Real-Time Threat Detection Using Edge AI
2.7 Case Studies
2.7.1 Real-World Applications of DL in Cybersecurity
2.7.2 Success Stories and Lessons Learned
2.7.3 Analysis of Some Well-Known Attacks and DL Responses
2.7.3.1 WannaCry Ransomware (2017)
2.7.3.2 SolarWinds Supply Chain Attack (2020)
2.7.3.3 Twitter Bitcoin Scam (2020)
2.7.4 Bridging the Gap between Research and Practice
2.7.5 Conclusion of Case Studies
2.8 Future Directions
2.8.1 Building Resilient AI Models against Adversarial Attacks
2.8.2 Human–AI Collaboration for Cybersecurity
2.8.3 Regulatory Frameworks and Ethical Considerations
2.9 Conclusion
2.9.1 Summary of Key Points
2.9.2 The Evolving Role of DL in Securing Digital Environments
Bibliography
3. Cloud and IoT Security with AI Amandeep Kaur, Ramandeep Sandhu, Indu Rani, Gaganpreet Kaur and Deepika Ghai
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Integration of AI in People Analytics
3.2.1 Defining People Analytics
3.2.2 AI Technologies in People Analytics
3.2.3 Case Studies
3.2.4 Challenges and Ethical Considerations
3.3 AI-Driven Marketing Strategies
3.3.1 The Evolution of Marketing in the Digital Era
3.3.2 Utilizing Consumer Data with AI
3.3.3 Impact on Sales Performance
3.3.4 Ethical Marketing Practices
3.4 AI in Infrastructure Finance
3.4.1 Overview of Infrastructure Finance
3.4.2 AI-Assisted Risk Evaluation
3.4.3 Data-Driven Decision-Making in Finance
3.4.4 Challenges in Implementation
3.5 Security Challenges in Cloud and IoT Environments
3.5.1 Overview of Security Risks
3.5.2 AI-Driven Security Solutions
3.5.3 Data Intrusion and Authentication Issues
3.5.4 Privacy Concerns and Compliance
3.6 Integrating AI Security Mechanisms
3.6.1 Framework for AI Security in Business Operations
3.6.2 Best Practices for Implementation
3.6.3 Future Trends in AI Security
3.7 Literature Review and Current Trends
3.7.1 Overview of Existing Research
3.7.2 Modern Business Trends
3.7.3 Security Obstacles and Prevention Methods
3.8 Conclusion and Recommendations
3.8.1 Summary of Key Insights
3.8.2 Implications for Businesses and Policymakers
3.8.3 Future Research Directions
References
4. Reinforcement and Deep Learning Approaches to Dynamic
Cache OptimizationPatel Smit Vasant Kumar, Kruti Dataram, Uma Shankar, Sonam Nagpal and Himanshu Amritlal Patel
4.1 Introduction
4.1.1 Traditional Cache Management Techniques and Their Limitations
4.2 Fundamentals of Cache Management
4.2.1 Cache Memory Architecture (L1, L2, L3)
4.2.2 Caching Policies (LRU, LFU, FIFO)
4.2.3 Key Performance Metrics (Hit Ratio, Latency, Throughput)
4.2.4 Challenges in Cache Management in Modern Systems (e.g., Mobile, Cloud, Edge Devices)
4.3 Role of AI in Systems Optimization
4.3.1 AI Techniques Overview
4.4 ML Approaches to Cache Management
4.4.1 Predictive Modeling for Access Patterns
4.4.2 Feature Selection and Importance (e.g., Memory Address Sequences, Access Time)
4.4.3 Evaluation Framework and Datasets (SPEC Benchmarks, Real-World Traces)
4.5 RL for Adaptive Cache Policies
4.5.1 Q-Learning and DQNs for Cache Decisions
4.5.2 Reward Design: Hit/Miss Tradeoffs and Energy Efficiency
4.5.3 Simulation Environment and State Representation
4.5.4 Case Studies and Implementations
4.6 DL in Cache Prefetching and Replacement
4.6.1 Sequence Modeling with Recurrent Neural Networks/Long Short-Term Memorys for Prefetching
4.6.2 Autoencoders for Cache Content Compression
4.6.3 Transformers in Cache Prediction Tasks
4.7 AI in Edge, Cloud, and Multicore Cache Environments
4.7.1 Cache Challenges in Distributed and Heterogeneous Systems
4.7.2 Federated Learning for Cache Management in IoT/Edge
4.7.3 AI in Multicore Cache Coherency Management
References
5. ARKANA: Extracting Knowledge Using Deep Learning for Intrusion Detection From Data StreamsAravindan V., Rajkanwar Singh, Sanket Mishra and Sandipan Maiti
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Literature Review
5.3 Methodology
5.3.1 Data Ingestion and Pipeline
5.3.2 Data Resampling
5.3.3 Feature Selection
5.3.4 Classifiers
5.3.5 Ranking Algorithm
5.3.6 Serving
5.4 Evaluation Metrics
5.5 Results and Discussion
5.5.1 CICEVSE Dataset
5.5.2 ToN_IoT Dataset
5.6 Conclusion
References
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