Towards Accelerating Intrusion Detection Operations at the Edge Network usin...

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Towards Accelerating Intrusion Detection

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Operations at the Edge Network using FPGAs

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In the current paper, we present our work towards
accelerating intrusion detection operations at the edge network
+ C( H0 Y2 V& n3 _3 y  n" {using FPGAs. Cloud computing and network function
+ t# I0 f- h) s9 Y5 [6 svirtualization have led to a new appealing paradigm for service
/ z: M$ c) P1 V3 y; \delivery and management. Unfortunately, this paradigm fails
to correctly support IoT applications and services that seek
better communication platforms. Security as a Service can also
  T7 ?  D$ K# F3 N+ jbe seen as a cloud-based model that needs to be accommodated
) A6 v- T4 e' S5 u& o/ Q' \& U% O+ vto fulfill these services requirements. Again, one of the main
issues to be addressed in this context is how to improve the
performance of such systems or services in order to make them
7 m" _- ?! V( D4 |capable of coping with the huge amount of data while
remaining reliable. A potential solution is the FPGA based
edge computing, which is a powerful combination offering
FPGA acceleration capabilities together with edge and fog
benefits. Indeed, our work focusses on devising an Intrusion
Prevention architecture called FORTISEC (40SEC), that is
9 }2 `1 |7 E; ]$ g) gmeant to operate in a completely softwarized as well as in an
) z% X- W. k7 g7 U0 g; {7 q# o8 UFPGA mode. Thereby, we present suitable algorithms, design
principles and well defined components towards the
) f4 i8 R8 ^5 C8 `implementation of accelerated intrusion prevention on the
9 [' l: w2 x1 {8 K9 Gedge. We also present a testbed being utilized for the
$ ^% ^/ ]; F! _! D# H- iimplementation of 40SEC and its performance testing.
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