Enhancing Network Security: A Novel Hybrid ML Approach for DDoS Attack Detection in SDN

Software-defined networking represents a ground breaking advancement in network technology, characterized by its desirable attributes such as enhanced flexibility and manageability. Although ongoing, the issue of DDoS assaults in SDN is characterized by malicious and obtrusive network traffic that overwhelms SDN resources. Despite numerous security methodologies aimed at detecting DDoS attacks, the challenge of effectively addressing this issue continues to persist as an active area of research. The XG-Light Hybrid, a unique hybrid system, has been developed in this work as a solution to this problem. This discovery is significant because it has the potential to dramatically increase the reliability of DDoS attack detection in SDN environments, hence boosting network security and stability. Key findings reveal that the proposed hybrid approach outperforms individual machine learning algorithms with respect to DDoS detection. © Grenze Scientific Society, 2024.