Hybrid method for detecting atypical behavior of users of information and educational systems based on Digital Traces analysis

2026

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DOI 10.24425/ijet.2026.157959
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Abstract

The study presents a hybrid multi-level method for analysing the digital traces of users of information and educational systems (IES) in higher education institutions, aimed at detecting atypical behaviour and assessing information-security risks. The method integrates hierarchical structuring of event processes, graph-cluster analysis of interactions, and behavioural risk assessment based on a hybridisation of machine-learning models. The use of real event logs made it possible to demonstrate the method’s effectiveness in detecting risk-related deviations that cannot be identified using existing tools for monitoring user behaviour in information and educational systems in higher education institutions.