Abstract

Standard intrusion detection operates on signatures — known patterns mapped to known threats. Project MIDNIGHT inverts this model. Rather than asking “does this match something bad?”, the system asks “does this match anything at all?”

Traffic that matches nothing is, statistically, the most dangerous traffic on your network.

Results

Phase II trials across three undisclosed networks demonstrated:

  • 14-hour average early warning before first adversarial contact
  • Zero false negatives across 847 simulated intrusion scenarios
  • Three anomalies detected that remain unexplained

The third finding was not part of the original research objectives. A separate investigation has been opened under a different project designation.

Status

Phase III is underway. We are not currently accepting new partners for this initiative.

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