Interactive Web-Based Visual Analysis on Network Traffic Data

Network traffic data analysis is important for securing our computing environment and data. However, analyzing network traffic data requires tremendous effort because of the complexity of continuously changing network traffic patterns. To assist the user in better understanding and analyzing the net...

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Main Authors: Dong Hyun Jeong, Jin-Hee Cho, Feng Chen, Lance Kaplan, Audun Jøsang, Soo-Yeon Ji
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Published: MDPI AG 2022-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/14/1/16
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author Dong Hyun Jeong
Jin-Hee Cho
Feng Chen
Lance Kaplan
Audun Jøsang
Soo-Yeon Ji
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description Network traffic data analysis is important for securing our computing environment and data. However, analyzing network traffic data requires tremendous effort because of the complexity of continuously changing network traffic patterns. To assist the user in better understanding and analyzing the network traffic data, an interactive web-based visualization system is designed using multiple coordinated views, supporting a rich set of user interactions. For advancing the capability of analyzing network traffic data, feature extraction is considered along with uncertainty quantification to help the user make precise analyses. The system allows the user to perform a continuous visual analysis by requesting incrementally new subsets of data with updated visual representation. Case studies have been performed to determine the effectiveness of the system. The results from the case studies support that the system is well designed to understand network traffic data by identifying abnormal network traffic patterns.
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spelling doaj.art-3073b640256e41c7ab21cc5f20be839c2023-11-30T22:46:06ZengMDPI AGInformation2078-24892022-12-011411610.3390/info14010016Interactive Web-Based Visual Analysis on Network Traffic DataDong Hyun Jeong0Jin-Hee Cho1Feng Chen2Lance Kaplan3Audun Jøsang4Soo-Yeon Ji5Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC 20759, USADepartment of Computer Science, Virginia Tech., Blacksburg, VA 22043, USADepartment of Computer Science, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX 75080, USADEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD 20783, USADepartment of Informatics, University of Oslo, 0373 Oslo, NorwayDepartment of Computer Science, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD 20715, USANetwork traffic data analysis is important for securing our computing environment and data. However, analyzing network traffic data requires tremendous effort because of the complexity of continuously changing network traffic patterns. To assist the user in better understanding and analyzing the network traffic data, an interactive web-based visualization system is designed using multiple coordinated views, supporting a rich set of user interactions. For advancing the capability of analyzing network traffic data, feature extraction is considered along with uncertainty quantification to help the user make precise analyses. The system allows the user to perform a continuous visual analysis by requesting incrementally new subsets of data with updated visual representation. Case studies have been performed to determine the effectiveness of the system. The results from the case studies support that the system is well designed to understand network traffic data by identifying abnormal network traffic patterns.https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/14/1/16web-based visual analysisuncertaintydiscrete wavelet transformation
spellingShingle Dong Hyun Jeong
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Feng Chen
Lance Kaplan
Audun Jøsang
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Interactive Web-Based Visual Analysis on Network Traffic Data
Information
web-based visual analysis
uncertainty
discrete wavelet transformation
title Interactive Web-Based Visual Analysis on Network Traffic Data
title_full Interactive Web-Based Visual Analysis on Network Traffic Data
title_fullStr Interactive Web-Based Visual Analysis on Network Traffic Data
title_full_unstemmed Interactive Web-Based Visual Analysis on Network Traffic Data
title_short Interactive Web-Based Visual Analysis on Network Traffic Data
title_sort interactive web based visual analysis on network traffic data
topic web-based visual analysis
uncertainty
discrete wavelet transformation
url https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/14/1/16
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