Hierarchical Design Based Intrusion Detection System For Wireless Ad hoc Network

TL;DR

This paper proposes a hierarchical intrusion detection system for wireless ad hoc sensor networks that combines clustering, anomaly and misuse detection, and policy-based responses to enhance security and scalability.

Contribution

It introduces a novel four-level hierarchical architecture utilizing clustering, policy-based detection, and GSM cell concepts for improved intrusion detection.

Findings

Enhanced scalability for large geographical areas

Effective combination of anomaly and misuse detection techniques

Integration of policy-based detection and response mechanisms

Abstract

In recent years, wireless ad hoc sensor network becomes popular both in civil and military jobs. However, security is one of the significant challenges for sensor network because of their deployment in open and unprotected environment. As cryptographic mechanism is not enough to protect sensor network from external attacks, intrusion detection system needs to be introduced. Though intrusion prevention mechanism is one of the major and efficient methods against attacks, but there might be some attacks for which prevention method is not known. Besides preventing the system from some known attacks, intrusion detection system gather necessary information related to attack technique and help in the development of intrusion prevention system. In addition to reviewing the present attacks available in wireless sensor network this paper examines the current efforts to intrusion detection system against wireless sensor network. In this paper we propose a hierarchical architectural design based intrusion detection system that fits the current demands and restrictions of wireless ad hoc sensor network. In this proposed intrusion detection system architecture we followed clustering mechanism to build a four level hierarchical network which enhances network scalability to large geographical area and use both anomaly and misuse detection techniques for intrusion detection. We introduce policy based detection mechanism as well as intrusion response together with GSM cell concept for intrusion detection architecture.