---
dataset: "cleaned-cicids2017"
language: "en"
license: "other"
tags:
  - cybersecurity
  - intrusion-detection
  - cicids2017
pretty_name: "Cleaned CICIDS2017 Dataset"
source_datasets:
  - "cicids2017"
---

# Cleaned CICIDS2017 Dataset

This dataset is a cleaned and preprocessed version of the [CICIDS2017 dataset](https://www.unb.ca/cic/datasets/ids-2017.html) created by the Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity, University of New Brunswick.

## Modifications

- Removed duplicate records
- Normalized feature names
- Filtered specific attack types
- Piviot the different attack data into single dataset

## Source

Original dataset: [CICIDS2017](https://www.unb.ca/cic/datasets/ids-2017.html)

## License & Citation

This dataset is provided for research purposes. Please refer to the original dataset's license and terms of use as described by the [CICIDS2017 authors](https://www.unb.ca/cic/datasets/ids-2017.html).

If you use this dataset, please cite the original authors:

```
@misc{sharafaldin2018toward,
  title={Toward Generating a New Intrusion Detection Dataset and Intrusion Traffic Characterization},
  author={Sharafaldin, Iman and Lashkari, Arash Habibi and Ghorbani, Ali A},
  year={2018},
  eprint={1804.03599},
  archivePrefix={arXiv},
  primaryClass={cs.CR}
}
```