{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "2444933d", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# Module 2 — Lab 4: NumPy for Security Metrics\n", "\n", "**Topics:** array, vectorization, statistics, boolean mask\n", "\n", "\n", "> **Instructions:** Run the cells in order. Complete every `TODO`, then run the **Self-check** cell. Do not open the Solution notebook before attempting the tasks yourself.\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "0f43f1b4", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Scenario\n", "\n", "A network sensor reports packet sizes, latency, and failed authentication attempts for each time window. We use NumPy to calculate efficiently across the entire array.\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "0b917960", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "import numpy as np\n", "\n", "packet_sizes = np.array([64, 128, 1500, 512, 1514, 256, 1400, 80])\n", "latency_ms = np.array([12.5, 18.0, 250.0, 33.5, 180.0, 25.0, 95.0, 10.0])\n", "failed_attempts = np.array([0, 1, 8, 2, 10, 1, 6, 0])\n", "\n", "print(packet_sizes.shape, packet_sizes.dtype)\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "ca8c8c19", "metadata": { "tags": [ "exercise" ] }, "source": [ "## 1. Unit conversion and descriptive statistics\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "01b704ef", "metadata": { "tags": [ "exercise" ] }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "# TODO 1: convert packet_sizes from bytes to KB with a vectorized operation\n", "packet_kb = None\n", "\n", "# TODO 2: calculate the mean and 95th percentile of latency_ms\n", "mean_latency = None\n", "p95_latency = None\n", "\n", "print(\"Packet sizes (KB):\", packet_kb)\n", "print(\"Mean latency:\", mean_latency)\n", "print(\"P95 latency:\", p95_latency)\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "34dfe8cd", "metadata": { "tags": [ "exercise" ] }, "source": [ "## 2. Filter with a Boolean mask\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "070dc425", "metadata": { "tags": [ "exercise" ] }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "# TODO 3: True when size > 1400 OR latency > 150 OR failures >= 8\n", "suspicious_mask = None\n", "\n", "# TODO 4: obtain the indices matching the mask with np.where\n", "suspicious_indices = None\n", "\n", "print(\"Mask:\", suspicious_mask)\n", "print(\"Suspicious indices:\", suspicious_indices)\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "d5e6d529", "metadata": { "tags": [ "exercise" ] }, "source": [ "## 3. Normalize values and create a risk score\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "4f126015", "metadata": { "tags": [ "exercise" ] }, "outputs": [], "source": [ "def min_max(values):\n", " values = np.asarray(values, dtype=float)\n", " # TODO 5: return a zero array when max == min; otherwise apply min-max normalization\n", " pass\n", "\n", "\n", "latency_score = min_max(latency_ms)\n", "failure_score = min_max(failed_attempts)\n", "\n", "# TODO 6: calculate 40% latency_score + 60% failure_score\n", "risk_score = None\n", "\n", "print(\"Risk scores:\", risk_score)\n", "print(\"Highest-risk index:\", None if risk_score is None else int(np.argmax(risk_score)))\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "a4dcff69", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Self-check\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "code", "execution_count": null, "id": "a329c7f0", "metadata": {}, "outputs": [], "source": [ "assert packet_sizes.shape == (8,)\n", "assert np.isclose(mean_latency, 78.0)\n", "assert suspicious_indices.tolist() == [2, 4]\n", "assert int(np.argmax(risk_score)) == 4\n", "assert np.all((risk_score >= 0) & (risk_score <= 1))\n", "print(\"✓ Lab 4 completed\")\n" ] }, { "cell_type": "markdown", "id": "915b1cef", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "## Extension challenge\n", "\n", "Change the weights assigned to latency and failed attempts. Observe whether the highest-risk element changes and explain why.\n" ] } ], "metadata": { "kernelspec": { "display_name": "Python 3 (ipykernel)", "language": "python", "name": "python3" }, "language_info": { "codemirror_mode": { "name": "ipython", "version": 3 }, "file_extension": ".py", "mimetype": "text/x-python", "name": "python", "nbconvert_exporter": "python", "pygments_lexer": "ipython3", "version": "3.11.6" } }, "nbformat": 4, "nbformat_minor": 5 }