Simulate DoS attacks to uncover system stress points
Understanding how your systems respond to a Denial-of-Service attack is crucial for resilience. Cythera runs controlled DoS simulations on your web apps, infrastructure, or entire internet connection to measure impact, validate your defences, and improve your response playbook.We tailor the engagement to your goals — from reviewing your incident plans to testing mitigation providers and validating system design under pressure.
- DoS incident response plan review
- Scenario-based tabletop exercises
- Resilience assessment of architecture and design
- High-volume traffic testing (Volumetric)
- Layer 7 application-layer stress testing
Why do you need a Denial of Service test?
Review a DoS attacks impact
Clear, actionable report
This isn't about complexity. Your assessment comes with a clear, actionable report that identifies the risks and what to do next.
- Run a sanctioned DoS attack to detect infrastructure weaknesses
- Identify system, infrastructure and hosting exposures
- Prioritise fixes and guide action
How is it delivered
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Frequently asked questions
What types of DoS attacks does Cythera simulate?
We tailor each engagement to your goals, including: Volumetric floods (UDP/TCP syn, amplification) to stress your bandwidth and edge protections, layer 7 application attacks (HTTP floods, slow-rate) to test web-server limits and application logic and Protocol-level tests (TCP state-exhaustion, malformed packets) to uncover infrastructure misconfigurations
How long does a DoS testing engagement take?
Typical engagements run from one to three days, depending on scope: One day for a focused volumetric stress test or L7 assessment or two- three days when including architectural reviews, incident-plan workshops and follow-up reporting. We’ll agree a schedule during scoping so it fits your operations and change-freeze windows.
Why should I conduct a DoS test?
A DoS test reveals how your environment behaves under sustained or volumetric load, and whether your incident response playbooks, rate-limiting or DDoS-protection services hold up. Early discovery of weaknesses means you can prioritise fixes, avoid unexpected downtime and meet compliance requirements around service availability.
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