Dynamic parallel coordinates visualization of network flows

A system comprising:

• a processor configured to execute computer program instructions;
• and
• a computer storage medium encoded with computer program instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
• identifying protocol metadata associated with a plurality of network flows on a network;
• analyzing the protocol metadata associated with the network flows to determine one or more metadata attributes associated with the network flows;
• presenting a parallel coordinates visualization of the network flows, the parallel coordinates visualization including a plurality of axes, each axis corresponding to one of the determined metadata attributes, wherein each of the network flows is represented as a line interconnecting respective points on each of the axes of the parallel coordinates visualization, and wherein a position of each point on its respective axis represents a value of the metadata attribute associated with the axis for the network flow represented by the line.