A method, comprising: subscribing (102, 410), by a control device, to receive data from a network device; receiving (110, 420), by the control device, the data from the network device based on subscribing to receive the data from the network device, wherein the data is associated with a plurality of packets that have been dropped by the network device, and wherein the data includes: a first descriptor based on a type of packet drop associated with a packet of the plurality of packets that have been dropped by the network device, and one or more second descriptors based on a packet flow associated with the plurality of packets that have been dropped by the network device; inputting, by the control device, the first descriptor and the one or more second descriptors into a dropped packet model; comparing, by the control device and using the dropped packet model, the first descriptor and the one or more second descriptors to identify commonalities in the data; determining (112, 430), by the control device, a dropped packet profile associated with the network device, wherein the dropped packet profile is based on the comparison between the first descriptor and the one or more second descriptors; generating (114, 440), by the control device, a first notification based on the dropped packet profile associated with the network device; and transmitting (114, 450), by the control device, the first notification to cause an action to be performed based on the first notification. subscribing (102, 410), by a control device, to receive data from a network device; receiving (110, 420), by the control device, the data from the network device based on subscribing to receive the data from the network device, wherein the data is associated with a plurality of packets that have been dropped by the network device, and wherein the data includes: a first descriptor based on a type of packet drop associated with a packet of the plurality of packets that have been dropped by the network device, and one or more second descriptors based on a packet flow associated with the plurality of packets that have been dropped by the network device; wherein the data is associated with a plurality of packets that have been dropped by the network device, and wherein the data includes: a first descriptor based on a type of packet drop associated with a packet of the plurality of packets that have been dropped by the network device, and one or more second descriptors based on a packet flow associated with the plurality of packets that have been dropped by the network device; a first descriptor based on a type of packet drop associated with a packet of the plurality of packets that have been dropped by the network device, and one or more second descriptors based on a packet flow associated with the plurality of packets that have been dropped by the network device; inputting, by the control device, the first descriptor and the one or more second descriptors into a dropped packet model; comparing, by the control device and using the dropped packet model, the first descriptor and the one or more second descriptors to identify commonalities in the data; determining (112, 430), by the control device, a dropped packet profile associated with the network device, wherein the dropped packet profile is based on the comparison between the first descriptor and the one or more second descriptors; generating (114, 440), by the control device, a first notification based on the dropped packet profile associated with the network device; and transmitting (114, 450), by the control device, the first notification to cause an action to be performed based on the first notification.