Amjad Rehman1,*, Tanzila Saba1, Mona M. Jamjoom2, Shaha Al-Otaibi3, Muhammad I. Khan1
CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.86, No.1, pp. 1-15, 2026, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.068958
- 10 November 2025
Abstract Modern intrusion detection systems (MIDS) face persistent challenges in coping with the rapid evolution of cyber threats, high-volume network traffic, and imbalanced datasets. Traditional models often lack the robustness and explainability required to detect novel and sophisticated attacks effectively. This study introduces an advanced, explainable machine learning framework for multi-class IDS using the KDD99 and IDS datasets, which reflects real-world network behavior through a blend of normal and diverse attack classes. The methodology begins with sophisticated data preprocessing, incorporating both RobustScaler and QuantileTransformer to address outliers and skewed feature distributions, ensuring standardized and model-ready inputs.… More >