Applications of Data Mining for Intrusion Detection

Wide ranges of companies have deployed successful applications of data mining. While early adopters of this technology have tended to be in information-intensive industries such as financial services and direct mail marketing the technology is applicable to any company looking to leverage a large data warehouse to better manage their customer relationships. Two critical factors for success with data mining are • Large and well-integrated data warehouse • A well-defined understanding of the business process within which data mining is to be applied (such as customer prospecting, retention, campaign management, and so on).