Work place: Department of Information Technology, Kasegaon Education Society’s, Rajarambapu Institute of Technology, Affiliated to Shivaji University, Sakharale, Maharashtra 415415, India
E-mail: pranitapatil502@gmail.com
Website: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3840-0044
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Biography
Pranita Patil is an undergraduate student pursuing a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) degree in Computer Science and Information Technology at Rajarambapu Institute of Technology, Affiliated with Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India. Her areas of specialization include Machine Learning and Cloud Security. Her academic interests focus on predictive modeling, data analysis, and intelligent systems.
By Dadaso T. Mane Vijay H. Kalmani Sayali Aundhakar Pranita Patil Swati Patil Tejal Yadav
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijwmt.2025.06.05, Pub. Date: 8 Dec. 2025
Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and Modbus-enabled networks are facing escalating threats from sophisticated cyber-attacks, while current Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) struggle to identify intricate and adaptive attacks. This study envisions an ensemble learning-based IDS for Modbus-enabled industrial networks using a real-like Modbus 2023 dataset for industrial networks. The proposed IDS combines four base classifiers, namely K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN), Support Vector Machine (SVM), Random Forest (RF), and Adaptive Boosting (AdaBoost), using the stack ensemble framework, where Logistic Regression acts as the meta-classifier. Preprocessing involved PCAP capture and attack log synchronization, feature normalization, and one-hot encoding for balanced and accurate model training. Experimental evaluation demonstrated that the ensemble model has a 99.78% detection accuracy while outperforming the base individual models in terms of precision, recall, and F1-score. The results indicate the efficiency of ensemble learning for enhanced accuracy detection and false-positive reduction for Modbus networks. Future research will consider real-time testing, feature elimination, and explainable AI for higher operational deployment and scalability.
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