Enhancing Intrusion Detection Systems Using RNN, LSTM, and Hybrid RNN-LSTM Models
Sahar Ebadinezhad, Nooshin Nooraei Nia, Nasratullah Shirzad, Nwabueze Kenneth Osemeha · 2025
Due to The lack of comparison studies and practical applications of RNN, LSTM, and hybrid RNN-LSTM models for intrusion detection systems, especially when managing class imbalances in complex network datasets, represents a gap in the literature. This study investigates the application of deep learning techniques to improve the detection capabilities of IDS. For this study, we applied and assessed Recurrent Neural Network, Long Short-Term Memory, and Hybrid RNN-LSTM models on a UNSW-NB15 dataset, and to redress class imbalance we trained and validated our models using synthetic minority over-sampling. The RNN-LSTM model was shown to perform the best with a 9 4. 0 0 % accuracy in comparison to other models. These experimental results signify the possibility of enhancing IDS performance and a dependable method of detecting various network intrusions with the use of hybrid models comprised of RNN & LSTM.