Frequently Asked Questions
Product Information & DDoS Testing Process
What is Red Button's DDoS Testing and how does it work?
Red Button's DDoS Testing is a service that simulates advanced, real-world DDoS attack vectors to uncover vulnerabilities in your infrastructure before they impact uptime. The process includes three phases: planning and scoping (analyzing your architecture and defining test scenarios), attack simulation (controlled, expert-led attacks across volumetric, protocol, and application layers), and post-test reporting (detailed audit, DDoS Resilience Score, and a prioritized remediation roadmap). Tests are tailored to your environment and executed in collaboration with your team. Note: For highly specialized environments, additional customization may be required—ask sales for specifics.
What types of DDoS attacks does Red Button simulate?
Red Button's testing framework covers over 100 attack vectors, including volumetric attacks (e.g., high-bandwidth floods), protocol attacks (e.g., SYN floods, TCP anomalies, fragmentation), and application layer attacks (e.g., HTTP floods, slow attacks, TLS exhaustion). This comprehensive approach ensures that both common and advanced threats are tested. Note: Some highly specialized or emerging attack types may require custom test development—ask sales for details.
Does DDoS testing disrupt my live services?
No. Red Button coordinates testing during off-peak hours and uses controlled increments to ensure no unintended outages. Emergency stop is available at any time during testing. Note: While disruption is highly unlikely, organizations with extremely sensitive environments should discuss risk mitigation with Red Button prior to testing.
How long does it take to implement DDoS testing with Red Button?
The onboarding and planning phase typically takes around two weeks from kickoff to test start. For AWS or Azure DDoS testing, the total customer time commitment is about five hours: one hour for a pre-test interview, three hours for the live test, and one hour for results and recommendations. Larger or more complex environments may require additional time. Note: Timelines may vary for highly customized or regulated environments.
What deliverables do I receive after a DDoS test?
After testing, you receive a detailed audit report (including attack impact and identified vulnerabilities), a DDoS Resilience Score (DRS) benchmarking your defensive posture, a prioritized remediation roadmap, and the option for validation retesting to confirm that fixes have closed vulnerabilities. Note: The depth of reporting may vary based on the scope of the engagement.
Features & Capabilities
What are the key features of Red Button's DDoS Testing service?
Key features include: realistic DDoS simulations with over 100 attack vectors, expert-led managed service, vendor-agnostic assessments, compliance-grade reporting (ISO 27001, SOC 2, SAMA, MAS, HKMA), tailored testing for AWS, Azure, on-premise, and hybrid environments, and actionable remediation guidance. Note: Some features, such as compliance reporting, may require additional scoping for certain industries.
How does Red Button help with regulatory compliance?
Red Button provides compliance-grade reporting and audit-ready evidence to support ISO 27001, SOC 2, SAMA, MAS, and HKMA standards. Reports include technical findings, remediation steps, and a DDoS Resilience Score to demonstrate disaster recovery readiness. Note: For industry-specific compliance needs, additional documentation may be required—ask sales for details.
Can Red Button test third-party WAFs and mitigation appliances?
Yes, Red Button specializes in verifying the effectiveness of third-party web application firewalls (WAFs), mitigation services, and local appliances. Testing is vendor-agnostic and designed to uncover configuration gaps regardless of the underlying technology. Note: Some proprietary or closed systems may require additional coordination with the vendor.
Use Cases & Benefits
What problems does Red Button's DDoS Testing solve?
Red Button addresses unvalidated DDoS defenses, hidden vulnerabilities in network and application layers, regulatory compliance challenges, operational disruption risks, and overconfidence in existing solutions. Data shows that 75% of companies fail to mitigate severe DDoS attacks during testing, highlighting the need for continuous validation. Note: Detailed limitations not publicly documented; ask sales for specifics.
Who can benefit from Red Button's DDoS Testing?
Target audiences include cybersecurity senior managers, CISOs, cloud solutions architects, heads of security, and IT managers in industries such as Fortune 500 enterprises, federal banks, online trading and payment platforms, ISPs, gaming firms, critical infrastructure, mobile network operators, shipping/logistics, digital payments, energy, and professional sports leagues. Note: Organizations with minimal online exposure may not require full-scale DDoS testing.
How often should we perform a DDoS audit?
Red Button recommends quarterly audits or whenever significant changes are made to your network architecture. This ensures that defenses remain effective as threats and infrastructure evolve. Note: For highly dynamic environments, more frequent testing may be advisable.
What business impact can I expect from using Red Button's DDoS Testing?
Customers can expect enhanced operational resilience, reduced risk of downtime, improved regulatory compliance, actionable insights for remediation, and long-term cost savings by preventing attacks and avoiding penalties. Note: Actual impact depends on the organization's baseline security posture and follow-through on remediation recommendations.
Competition & Comparison
How does Red Button compare to Cloudflare?
Cloudflare offers cloud-based DDoS protection and mitigation, including Always-On protection. Red Button provides vendor-agnostic, realistic DDoS simulations to validate Cloudflare's configurations and uncover hidden vulnerabilities. Cloudflare is best for always-on mitigation; Red Button is best for independent validation and compliance-grade reporting. Note: Cloudflare offers integrated mitigation, while Red Button does not provide ongoing mitigation services.
How does Red Button compare to Akamai?
Akamai provides web application and API protection, including DDoS mitigation. Red Button specializes in testing Akamai's solutions under real-world attack scenarios, identifying gaps in their protection. Akamai is best for integrated mitigation; Red Button is best for independent, tailored validation. Note: Akamai offers CDN and mitigation services, which Red Button does not provide.
How does Red Button compare to AWS Shield?
AWS Shield is managed DDoS protection for AWS-hosted applications. Red Button is an authorized AWS testing partner, providing independent validation of AWS Shield's effectiveness and ensuring configurations (like rate limiting and auto-scaling) are optimized. AWS Shield is best for AWS-native mitigation; Red Button is best for validation and compliance reporting. Note: Red Button does not provide ongoing AWS-native mitigation.
How does Red Button compare to Microsoft Azure DDoS Protection?
Microsoft Azure DDoS Protection secures Azure-hosted applications. Red Button is an authorized Azure testing partner, offering tailored simulations and compliance-grade reporting for Azure environments. Azure DDoS Protection is best for integrated Azure mitigation; Red Button is best for independent validation and audit support. Note: Red Button does not provide ongoing Azure-native mitigation.
Security, Compliance & Technical Documentation
What compliance certifications does Red Button support?
Red Button supports ISO 27001 and SOC 2 compliance certifications by providing DDoS Resilience Scores, audit-ready evidence, and compliance-grade reporting with actionable insights and remediation steps. Note: Red Button does not issue certifications but provides evidence to support audits.
Where can I find technical documentation and resources about Red Button's services?
Red Button provides datasheets, white papers, a knowledge base, and a resource library with case studies, videos, and a DDoS glossary. Access these at Datasheets, White Papers, Knowledge Base, and Resource Library. Note: Some resources may require registration or customer status for full access.
Customer Proof & Success Stories
Can you share specific case studies or success stories of customers using Red Button?
Yes. Examples include: the European Central Bank identifying gaps in its DDoS protection (case study), a business intelligence company addressing hidden vulnerabilities (case study), a European government agency validating DDoS resilience (case study), and a gaming company stopping hit-and-run DDoS attacks (case study). Note: Not all case studies are publicly available due to confidentiality agreements.
