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DDOS Simulation

DDoS Simulation · L3/L4/L7 · Authorized Stress Testing

Find your breaking point
on your schedule.

A controlled, authorized DDoS simulation against your production or staging stack. We send realistic volumetric, protocol, and application-layer attack traffic to measure where your defenses bend, where they break, and whether your team's runbooks actually work when the pager fires.

Request Scoping Call → See Methodology
L3 · L4 · L7
Full-Stack Coverage
100+ Gbps
Volumetric Capability
Runbook Validated
Blue-Team Debrief
insec@bench ~ ddos-sim · target=client.com LIVE
RPS · Layer 7
284k/s
▲ +178% vs baseline
Bandwidth · L3/L4
47.2Gbps
▲ SYN + UDP mix
Origin CPU
92%
▲ near saturation
WAF Drop-Rate
78%
rate-limit engaged
Attack intensity · last 60swave 3 / 6
T+00:12▸Phase 1: volumetric UDP flood · 12 Gbps
T+00:38✓Upstream scrubbing absorbed 96%
T+01:04▸Phase 2: SYN + ACK flood + fragment
T+02:19!Firewall state-table pressure 82%
T+03:47▸Phase 3: HTTP/2 rapid reset (CVE-2023-44487)
T+04:52✗Origin TLS handshake queue exhausted
T+05:10▸Phase 4: slowloris + slowPOST sustained…
5.6 Tbps
largest recorded attack (2024 · hyperscaler)
398M
HTTP/2 rapid-reset RPS observed
47%
of orgs hit by multi-vector DDoS in last 12m
$6k/min
avg revenue loss during outage (SMB+)
// Attack Vectors

Every layer attackers hit. All in one drill.

We model volumetric, protocol, and application attacks — including modern exploit-driven vectors (HTTP/2 rapid reset, QUIC abuse) that most tabletop exercises miss.

Layer 3 · Network

Volumetric Floods

Pipe-filling traffic designed to exhaust upstream bandwidth and scrubbing capacity.

  • UDP flood (random ports)
  • ICMP flood & smurf variants
  • IP fragmentation attacks
  • DNS amplification (reflection)
  • NTP · SSDP · Memcached · CLDAP
  • TCP connection flood
Layer 4 · Transport

Protocol & State Exhaustion

Target firewall, load-balancer, and server state tables to crash connection tracking.

  • SYN flood (spoofed + genuine)
  • ACK · RST · FIN / PUSH flood
  • TCP state-table exhaustion
  • TLS handshake abuse
  • QUIC 0-RTT & conn-ID flood
  • SSL-renegotiation attack
Layer 7 · Application

HTTP & Application Logic

Low-bandwidth, high-impact. Mimic real users, bypass rate limits, target expensive endpoints.

  • HTTP GET / POST flood
  • HTTP/2 rapid reset (CVE-2023-44487)
  • Slowloris · Slow POST · Slow Read
  • Cache-buster & origin-cost attacks
  • Login / search API abuse
  • WebSocket storms
// The 9-Step Framework

Controlled. Measured. Reversible.

Aligned with NIST SP 800-61 incident-response principles and MITRE ATT&CK T1498/T1499. Every run has a kill-switch, a white-card contact, and a measurable objective.

01 · SCOPE

Scope & ROE

Targets, vectors, max intensity, window, white-card, abort criteria, upstream notifications.

02 · AUTH

Legal Authorization

Signed authorization, upstream-carrier notification (ISP/cloud), customer notification policy.

03 · BASELINE

Baseline Capture

Normal-traffic patterns, origin CPU/memory, WAF rates, detection-system alerting floor.

04 · WAVE 1

Volumetric Waves

Stepped L3/L4 floods (UDP, SYN, amplification). Verify upstream scrubbing & blackholing.

05 · WAVE 2

Protocol Exhaustion

Firewall / LB / TLS state tables, QUIC abuse, HTTP/2 rapid reset, connection-pool starvation.

06 · WAVE 3

Application Layer

HTTP flood, slowloris, cache-buster, login/search abuse, WebSocket storm, bot simulation.

07 · MULTI

Multi-Vector

Simultaneous L3+L4+L7 at realistic intensity. Measures resilience under attacker-realistic pressure.

08 · OBSERVE

Runbook & Detection

Tabletop the live attack with your blue team. Measure MTTD, MTTA, escalation accuracy.

09 · REPORT

Report & Hardening

Capacity numbers, break-points, defensive gaps, vendor-tuning recommendations, retest.

// Validation Coverage

Whatever's in your defense stack — we test it.

Our simulations exercise each layer of your protection, so every vendor you're paying for has to earn its SLA in front of your own eyes.

Cloudflare

Magic Transit · WAF · Spectrum

Akamai

Prolexic · Kona · App & API

AWS Shield

Standard · Advanced · WAF

Azure

Front Door · DDoS Protection

Google Cloud

Cloud Armor · Cloud Load

Radware

DefensePro · Cloud DDoS

F5

Silverline · BIG-IP AFM

Imperva

DDoS & Application Security

A10

Thunder TPS

Fastly

Next-gen WAF · DDoS

NetScout

Arbor Edge · Sightline

On-Prem & ISP

BGP blackhole · Flowspec · RTBH

// Engagement Scenarios

Pick your objective. We build the test.

// CAPACITY

Baseline & Capacity Test

Measure the actual ceiling of your defenses under stepped load. Turn SLA marketing into measured numbers.

Duration
1 day
Vectors
L3 + L4
Window
Off-peak
Target
Staging
// REALISM

Multi-Vector APT Simulation

Layered waves mirroring real-world campaigns (Killnet, NoName057, Anonymous-style). Tests defense coordination.

Duration
3-5 days
Vectors
L3 + L4 + L7
Window
Business hrs
Target
Prod / Pre-prod
// RUNBOOK

Blue-Team Drill

Surprise (authorized) live-fire for on-call. Measure MTTD, escalation accuracy, communications, vendor coordination.

Duration
2-4 hrs
Notice
Blind to SOC
Window
Authorized
Target
Prod w/ safeties
// RELEASE

Go-Live Readiness

Pre-launch load & DDoS validation for sale events, product launches, elections, or IPOs.

Duration
Custom
Vectors
Scenario-fit
Window
Pre-launch
Target
Prod replica
// Safety Protocol

Stress the stack. Never the business.

Every simulation runs under a strict operational contract. Here's what that means in practice.

Signed Authorization

Legal authorization from a designated officer. No test runs without it.

Hard Kill-Switch

Operator-side & client-side abort. Any spike in real-user error triggers automatic stop.

Stepped Intensity

Traffic ramps in steps. We stop as soon as break-point is reached — we don't exceed for theatre.

Upstream Coordination

ISP, CDN, and cloud-carrier notified. No surprise abuse reports or accidental null-routes.

White-Card Contacts

24/7 phone bridge. Any stakeholder can halt the test with one call.

No Real-User Harm

Traffic comes from known, cooperative ranges. Synthetic test signatures distinguishable for rollback.

// Standards & Methodology

Credible methodology. Regulator-acceptable evidence.

MITRE ATT&CK

T1498 Network DoS · T1499 Endpoint DoS · T1498.001 Direct · .002 Reflection.

NIST SP 800-61

Incident-response integration — simulation feeds preparation & detection phases.

NIST SP 800-53

SC-5 Denial-of-Service Protection · CP-2 Contingency Plan validation.

NIST CSF 2.0

PR.DS-5 · DE.CM-1 · RS.RP-1 · RC.RP-1 functional coverage.

RFC 4732

Internet DoS considerations & defense recommendations.

PCI-DSS 12.10

Incident response plan testing for payment environments.

ISO/IEC 27035

Information-security incident-management alignment.

RBI / SEBI

BCP / DR testing expectations for Indian financial institutions.

// What You Walk Away With

Numbers, not opinions.

Measured Capacity Numbers

Actual Gbps / Mpps / RPS where each layer degrades — replacing vendor-marketing SLAs with your own data.

Runbook Validation

MTTD / MTTA / MTTR measured for real. Escalation gaps, communication issues, and vendor-call pain points surfaced.

Defense-in-Depth Gap Map

What your scrubber absorbed vs. what reached origin. Upstream / CDN / WAF / app-tier contribution quantified.

Executive + Technical Report

Board-ready impact summary, engineer-grade playback, and prioritized tuning recommendations.

Vendor-Tuning Playbook

Specific WAF rule changes, rate-limit thresholds, origin-shield & anycast tuning per your stack.

Audit & Compliance Evidence

Documented BCP/DR testing evidence for ISO 27035, PCI 12.10, SOC 2 CC7, RBI cyber audits.

// Engagement Timeline

Kickoff to hardening in 3-5 weeks.

WEEK 0

Scoping & Authorization

Targets, vectors, intensity caps, window, legal sign-off, upstream notifications, white-card.

WEEK 1

Baseline & Dry-Run

Traffic-pattern capture, origin metrics, alert-floor measurement. Low-intensity dry run of tooling.

WEEK 2

Live Waves

Stepped volumetric → protocol → application → multi-vector. Daily debrief checkpoints.

WEEK 3

Blue-Team Drill (Optional)

Blind live-fire with SOC/on-call. Measures detection, escalation, and vendor-coordination reality.

WEEK 4

Reporting & Debrief

Executive + technical reports. Live walkthrough. Tuning recommendations per vendor.

WEEK 5+

Retest After Hardening

Focused retest of critical gaps after your team implements fixes. Included free within 45 days.

// FAQ

What leaders ask before a live test.

Is this safe for production?
When scoped properly, yes. We use stepped intensity, hard kill-switches, and coordinate with your upstream. Many clients still prefer pre-prod for first-time engagements. Production runs happen during authorized windows with full safety protocols engaged.
How much traffic can you actually generate?
Up to 100+ Gbps volumetric and millions of RPS at L7 from distributed infrastructure. We never generate more than needed — the objective is to measure break-points, not set records.
Do we have to tell Cloudflare / Akamai / AWS?
Yes — and we handle this with you. Upstream providers expect advance notification for authorized load/DDoS testing. Unannounced testing can trigger abuse tickets, rate-limits, or unintended null-routes. Notification templates included.
Can you run it without telling our SOC?
Yes — the "blind blue-team drill" mode does exactly that. Senior leadership authorizes, on-call gets surprised. It's the most honest measure of detection and escalation capability — and it's always within a signed window with abort capability.
Will real users be affected?
Objective is no. Traffic uses signatures you can distinguish from real users, comes from known ranges, and is stopped the moment real-user error rates spike. Worst case: brief degradation on the target tier while the kill-switch engages. We never cause outages — we measure the point at which one would happen.
What about HTTP/2 Rapid Reset and newer vectors?
Covered. We continuously add emerging vectors (CVE-2023-44487, QUIC abuse, TLS renegotiation, memcached reflection variants, carpet-bombing) to the toolkit. If a new technique is being used in the wild, we test for it.
How much does it cost?
Capacity/baseline tests start ₹2L. Full multi-vector APT simulations typically ₹5L–₹15L. Blue-team drills as low as ₹1.5L. Fixed quote post-scoping call. Retainer for quarterly exercises available.
Does this satisfy our audit/BCP testing requirement?
Yes — delivered evidence satisfies ISO 27035, PCI-DSS 12.10, SOC 2 CC7.5, and RBI cyber-framework BCP test requirements. Letter of attestation provided on request.
// Get Started

Know your real capacity. Not what the brochure promised.

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