Adversarial Sparse Teacher: Defense Against Distillation-Based Model Stealing Attacks Using Adversarial Examples

Concetti Chiave

Adversarial Sparse Teacher (AST) introduces a novel defensive method to protect teacher models from distillation-based model stealing attacks using adversarial examples.

Sintesi

Adversarial Sparse Teacher (AST) is a new approach to safeguard teacher models against knowledge theft through Knowledge Distillation. By incorporating sparse outputs of adversarial examples, AST aims to mislead adversaries attempting to extract information from the teacher model. The method focuses on reducing the relative entropy between original and adversarially perturbed outputs while maintaining high accuracy. AST leverages a unique loss function, Exponential Predictive Divergence (EPD), to enhance model robustness against stealing attacks. Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of AST in complex architectures and datasets, outperforming other strategies in fully disclosed model scenarios.
AST's responses are deliberately misleading, consistently providing incorrect information to deter adversaries. The method significantly impairs adversaries' performance when they have complete knowledge, including access to training data. AST is particularly effective in scenarios where adversaries have full access, showcasing its superiority over other strategies.
The study also introduces EPD loss function utilized in AST training, proving effective in empirical results. Future research is needed to refine this approach and explore its broader implications for computational efficiency and adaptability across various architectures.

Statistiche

Adversarial Sparse Teacher (AST) introduces a novel defensive method.
AST incorporates sparse outputs of adversarial examples.
The method focuses on reducing relative entropy between original and adversarially perturbed outputs.
AST leverages Exponential Predictive Divergence (EPD) as a unique loss function.
Experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of AST in complex architectures and datasets.

Citazioni

Further questions here:

How can the concept of Adversarial Sparse Teacher be applied beyond deep learning security?
What are potential drawbacks or limitations of relying on sparsity constraints for protecting teacher models?
How can the findings from this study impact the development of more secure machine learning models in practice?

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Adversarial Sparse Teacher

by Eda Yilmaz,H... alle arxiv.org 03-11-2024

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2403.05181.pdf