arXiv Machine Learning

Beyond Rewards in Reinforcement Learning for Cyber Defence

arXiv:2602. 04809v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Recent years have seen an explosion of interest in autonomous cyber defence agents trained to defend computer networks using deep reinforcement learning.

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Aug 5

Trident : How to Break Deep Reinforcement Learning Cyber Defenses (Agentic)

Autonomous cyber defense systems based on Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) have attracted significant research attention, yet remain evaluated almost exclusively against static, heuristic red agents, leaving their robustness against adaptive threats critically understudied. Meanwhile, recent advances in Reinforcement Learning with Verifiable Rewards (RLVR) have improved LLM reasoning, but their integration into cybersecurity remains elusive due to the absence of suitable benchmark environments and interaction datasets.

arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 3

Distilling Knowledge from Large Language Models into Lightweight Reinforcement Learning Agents for Autonomous Cyber Operations

arXiv:2607. 28826v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Autonomous Cyber Operations (ACO) are increasingly important for defending enterprise networks as cyber threats continue to evolve in sophistication.

By Konur Tholl, Fran\c{c}ois Rivest, Mariam El Mezouar, Adrian Taylor, Ranwa Al Mallah
arXiv AI
Aug 6

Trident : How to Break Deep Reinforcement Learning Cyber Defenses (Agentic)

arXiv:2608. 04317v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Autonomous cyber defense systems based on Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) have attracted significant research attention, yet remain evaluated almost exclusively against static, heuristic red agents, leaving their robustness against adaptive threats critically understudied.

By Ryozo Masukawa, Ian Bryant, Armita Kazeminajafabadi, Sanggeon Yun, Hyunwoo Oh, SungHeon Jeong, Nathaniel D. Bastian, Mahdi Imani, Mohsen Imani
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 18

Model-Free Reinforcement Learning Control for Resilient Cyber-Physical Systems

arXiv:2606. 19069v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: This paper compares the performance of model-free controllers on a nonlinear system under cyberattacks, including false data injection and denial-of-service attacks.

By Hugo O. Garc\'es, Alejandro J. Rojas, Bernardo A. Hern\'andez, Andr\'es Escalona, Jonathan M. Palma, Md. Rezwan Parvez, Bhushan Gopaluni, Sirish L. Shah
arXiv AI
6d ago

Machine Learning-Based Cyber Defense for Cloud Infrastructure: An Adaptive Deep Q-Network Architecture for Intelligent Intrusion Detection and Automated Threat Mitigation

arXiv:2608. 12190v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: With the increasing complexity of cyber assaults in cloud environments, adaptable security solutions are needed that can support real-time detection and autonomous response.

By Md Yassir Mottalib, Md Yousuf, Eklachur Rahman Bhuiyan, S M Ahsan Habib, Sonjoy Kumar Dey, Md. Salahuddin Gazi, Molay Kumar Roy, Asaduzzaman Anik
Hugging Face Trending Papers
Aug 12

Machine Learning-Based Cyber Defense for Cloud Infrastructure: An Adaptive Deep Q-Network Architecture for Intelligent Intrusion Detection and Automated Threat Mitigation

With the increasing complexity of cyber assaults in cloud environments, adaptable security solutions are needed that can support real-time detection and autonomous response. In this paper, we propose a reinforcement learning-based dynamic cyber defense framework.