DDoS
Stress Testing
Find out how your service handles hostile traffic. We agree limits and safeguards before testing your capacity and DDoS protections.
Overview
Know your breaking point — safely.
Every test is fully authorised, carefully controlled, and ramped to agreed thresholds with live monitoring and an abort process — validating your CDN, WAF, scrubbing, autoscaling, and incident response without taking you offline by surprise.
Coverage
What we test.
Across all three layers attackers use, with controls validated end to end.
- Volumetric attacks (L3/L4)
- Protocol attacks (SYN, UDP, etc.)
- Application-layer attacks (L7)
- CDN & WAF effectiveness
- Autoscaling & rate limiting
- Failover & disaster recovery
- Mitigation / scrubbing validation
- Monitoring & alerting response
FAQ
DDoS stress testing FAQ
Scope, cost, and what happens next.
How much does DDoS stress testing cost?
It is scoped to your targets, the attack profiles to simulate, and the mitigation in place. Contact us or use our estimator for a tailored figure.
Is DDoS stress testing safe?
Yes — it is fully authorised, ramped to agreed thresholds with live monitoring, and includes an immediate abort process. We never exceed the limits you approve.
Will it take our services offline?
The goal is to find your limits without an unplanned outage. We start low, increase gradually, and stop at agreed thresholds; any impactful step is pre-approved and scheduled.
What types of DDoS do you simulate?
Volumetric (L3/L4), protocol attacks such as SYN/UDP floods, and application-layer (L7) attacks against your web and API endpoints.
Do we need to notify our hosting or DDoS provider?
Usually yes — we help coordinate authorisation with your hosting, CDN, and scrubbing providers before testing.
How long does a DDoS test take?
Most engagements run over a scheduled window of a few hours to a couple of days, plus reporting.
More questions about this service
How is this different from load/performance testing?
Load testing measures normal-traffic capacity; DDoS stress testing simulates malicious attack patterns and validates your security mitigation and response.
What do we receive?
A report of the thresholds at which services degraded, how your mitigation performed, and prioritised recommendations to improve resilience.
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