Enhancing Network Security with Generative AI on Jetson Orin Nano

Title
Enhancing Network Security with Generative AI on Jetson Orin Nano
Publication Date
2026-01-03
Author(s)
Diaz-Gorrin, Jackson
Caballero-Gil, Candido
Brankovic, Ljiljana
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5056-4627
Email: lbrankov@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:lbrankov
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
MDPI AG
Place of publication
Switzerland
DOI
10.3390/app16031442
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/72179
Abstract

This study presents an edge-based intrusion detection methodology designed to enhance cybersecurity in Internet of Things environments, which remain highly vulnerable to complex attacks. The approach employs an Auxiliary Classifier Generative Adversarial Network capable of classifying network traffic in real-time while simultaneously generating high-fidelity synthetic data within a unified framework. The model is implemented in TensorFlow and deployed on the energy-efficient NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano, demonstrating the feasibility of executing advanced deep learning models at the edge. Training is conducted on network traffic collected from diverse IoT devices, with preprocessing focused on TCP-based threats. The integration of an auxiliary classifier enables the generation of labeled synthetic samples that mitigate data scarcity and improve supervised learning under imbalanced conditions. Experimental results demonstrate strong detection performance, achieving a precision of 0.89 and a recall of 0.97 using the standard 0.5 decision threshold inherent to the sigmoid-based binary classifier, indicating an effective balance between intrusion detection capability and false-positive reduction, which is critical for reliable operation in IoT scenarios. The generative component enhances data augmentation, robustness, and generalization. These results show that combining generative adversarial learning with edge computing provides a scalable and effective approach for IoT security. Future work will focus on stabilizing training procedures and refining hyperparameters to improve detection performance while maintaining high precision.

Link
Citation
Applied Sciences, 16(3), p. 1-16
ISSN
2076-3417
Start page
1
End page
16
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International

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