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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# n& u+ K% }/ T; |6 X* c8 ] In the current paper, we present our work towards
accelerating intrusion detection operations at the edge network
4 w4 B7 [' X/ R) H+ r' Qusing FPGAs. Cloud computing and network function
8 z0 X/ b& m3 C3 M: `* nvirtualization have led to a new appealing paradigm for service
delivery and management. Unfortunately, this paradigm fails
2 r2 ^. P4 n7 r) g5 i/ ^to correctly support IoT applications and services that seek
4 U- m4 l* W7 w/ ]better communication platforms. Security as a Service can also
& P% C( @% J7 Ube seen as a cloud-based model that needs to be accommodated
to fulfill these services requirements. Again, one of the main
% l  I% h. ?; `$ missues to be addressed in this context is how to improve the
performance of such systems or services in order to make them
capable of coping with the huge amount of data while
6 m; A. Q2 V) u; |: ]' d3 T1 q7 F5 Rremaining reliable. A potential solution is the FPGA based
! F  f3 Y/ {! W. n8 _+ s7 C/ K: sedge 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
2 Y( ~% [# a, N6 e8 G% Emeant to operate in a completely softwarized as well as in an
FPGA mode. Thereby, we present suitable algorithms, design
& m, i* d2 q2 n8 O$ Aprinciples and well defined components towards the
$ L; t- y3 u1 R" Z  Y; jimplementation of accelerated intrusion prevention on the
5 w) R9 X; Y' Yedge. We also present a testbed being utilized for the
implementation of 40SEC and its performance testing.

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