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+license: mit
+tags:
+- cybersecurity
+- tabular
+- tabnet
+- network-security
+- intrusion-detection
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+# cybersecurity_threat_classifier_tabnet
+
+## Overview
+This model utilizes the **TabNet** architecture to perform high-performance classification on tabular network traffic data. It is specifically designed to detect various types of cyber attacks (DDoS, Botnets, etc.) by mimicking the decision-making process of tree-based models while retaining the gradient-based learning advantages of neural networks.
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+## Model Architecture
+The model uses a sequential attention mechanism to focus on the most salient features of a network packet:
+- **Feature Transformer**: Processes the input features through shared and independent GLU (Gated Linear Unit) layers.
+- **Attentive Transformer**: Learns a sparse mask to select which features the model should "look at" in each decision step.
+- **Sparsity Regularization**: Uses entropy-based loss to ensure the model uses a minimal number of features:
+$$L_{sparse} = \sum_{i=1}^{N_{steps}} \sum_{j=1}^{D} -M_{i,j} \log(M_{i,j} + \epsilon)$$
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+## Intended Use
+- **IDS/IPS Systems**: Real-time classification of network flows in enterprise firewalls.
+- **Forensic Analysis**: Post-hoc analysis of log files to identify patterns of infiltration.
+- **Threat Hunting**: Identifying anomalous behavior in high-dimensional telemetry data from zero-trust environments.
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+## Limitations
+- **Feature Engineering**: The model is highly dependent on the quality of input features (e.g., flow duration, packet size variance).
+- **Adversarial Attacks**: Highly sophisticated attackers can craft "adversarial traffic" designed to mimic benign flow statistics.
+- **Concept Drift**: As new attack vectors emerge, the model requires retraining on updated traffic samples to maintain precision.