Author(s)

Theocharis Tsigkritis, George Groumas, Moti Schneider

PCCW Global, Athens, Greece.

In this paper, we describe an algorithm that uses the k-NN technology to help detect threatening behavior in a computer network or a cloud. The k-NN technology is very simple and yet very powerful. It has several disadvantages and if they are removed the k-NN can be an asset to detect malicious behavior.

k-NN, Fuzzy Logic, Matching Process, Network Security

Tsigkritis, T. , Groumas, G. and Schneider, M. (2018) On the Use of k-NN in Anomaly Detection. Journal of Information Security, 9, 70-84. doi: 10.4236/jis.2018.91006.