https://journals.rcmss.com/index.php/jggsda en-US Journal of Good Governance and Sustainable Development in Africa https://journals.rcmss.com/index.php/jggsda/article/view/1318 <p><em>Historically</em><em>, data has been collected and processed manually. In recent years, rising from the advent of the international network, millions of computers are connected together for communication purposes. However, it</em><em> is greatly </em><em>prone with security challenges. Interestingly, the network system has given an opportunity to monitor and facilitate the solution (or prevention or detection) of problems over the network. This review concludes that there is need for an improved intrusion detection system (IDS) that will provide adequate security measures in real-time. This review focuses on the methodologies of soft-computing in tackling challenges of intrusion detection system. In addition, we draw out the recommendation of other methods applicable to IDS. A lot of studies have been conducted, but they are haphazard. The current authors made attempt to collect this information together to give room for further research and discussions.</em></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Bello Ayuba Muhammad Saidu Aliero Copyright (c) 2026 Authors 2026-02-06 2026-02-06 9 4 1 13