An Association Rule Mining-Based Framework for the Discovery of Anomalous Behavioral Patterns

Azadeh Sadat Mozafari Mehr, Renata M. de Carvalho, Boudewijn van Dongen

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Abstract

The identification of different risks and threats has become a top priority for organizations in recent years. Various techniques in both data and process mining fields have been developed to uncover unknown risks. However, applying them is challenging for risk analysts since it requires deep knowledge of mining algorithms. To help business and risk analysts to identify potential operational and data security risks, we developed an easy to apply automated framework which can discover anomalous behavioral patterns in business process executions. First, using a process mining technique, it obtains deviations in different aspects of a business process such as skipped tasks, spurious data accesses, and misusage of authorizations. Then, by applying a rule mining technique, it can extract anomalous behavioral patterns. Furthermore, in an automated procedure, our framework is able to automatically interpret anomalous patterns and categorize them into roles, users, and system deviating patterns. We conduct experiments on a real-life dataset from a financial organization and demonstrate that our framework enables accurate diagnostics and a better understanding of deviant behaviors.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvanced Data Mining and Applications - 18th International Conference, ADMA 2022, Proceedings
EditorsWeitong Chen, Lina Yao, Taotao Cai, Shirui Pan, Tao Shen, Xue Li
PublisherSpringer
Pages397-412
Number of pages16
ISBN (Print)9783031220630
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Event18th International Conference on Advanced Data Mining and Applications, ADMA 2022 - Brisbane, Australia
Duration: 28 Nov 202230 Nov 2022

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume13725 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference18th International Conference on Advanced Data Mining and Applications, ADMA 2022
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityBrisbane
Period28/11/2230/11/22

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Acknowledgement. The author has received funding within the BPR4GDPR project from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 787149.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Funding

Acknowledgement. The author has received funding within the BPR4GDPR project from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 787149.

Keywords

  • Anomalous behavioral pattern
  • Data privacy
  • Multi-perspective analysis
  • Rule mining

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