Abstract
The rapid adoption of cloud-based architectures has increased system scalability and flexibility while simultaneously expanding the attack surface and operational complexity of modern applications. Traditional rule-based monitoring systems, which depend on static thresholds and predefined signatures, struggle to detect sophisticated threats and performance irregularities in highly dynamic, elastic, and ephemeral cloud environments where workloads scale up and down continuously and services are frequently redeployed. This paper explores the design and implementation of AI-powered anomaly detection frameworks tailored for cloud-native infrastructures, examining the theoretical foundations, architectural components, and practical deployment considerations of intelligent monitoring systems.
By leveraging machine learning techniques such as supervised learning, unsupervised clustering, and deep learning models including recurrent neural networks and autoencoders, artificial intelligence systems can identify deviations from baseline behavior across distributed services, containers, and microservices in real time. The proposed approach integrates telemetry data from logs, metrics, and network traces to establish adaptive behavioral profiles, emphasizing automated feature extraction, continuous model training, and feedback loops that reduce false positives while improving detection accuracy. The framework is explicitly designed to operate across the full lifecycle of anomaly management, from raw data ingestion through model inference to alert generation and remediation.
Additionally, this study addresses scalability challenges, data privacy considerations, and integration with DevOps and SecOps workflows. Experimental evaluation, conducted on a dataset exceeding 500,000 records drawn from logs, metrics, and network traffic, demonstrates improved detection rates, faster incident response times, and enhanced system resilience compared to conventional monitoring tools. Five model families were benchmarked side by side, with hybrid ensemble approaches achieving the strongest overall results. The findings suggest that AI-powered anomaly detection significantly strengthens observability and security in cloud-based applications, enabling proactive threat mitigation and operational optimization in increasingly complex distributed environments.
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