AUSTIN, TX, Nov. 3, 2009 (Marketwire) --

AUSTIN, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 11/03/09 -- Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks have become an enormous risk, shutting down businesses, halting bank transactions and disrupting government communications. This past summer, DDoS attacks were rampant, most notably in July, when cyber attacks, created with the help of botnets, targeted a number of government, news media and financial Web sites in South Korea and the United States. Just a month later, several social networking services, including Twitter, Facebook and Google, were struck with DDoS attacks, crippling services for hours.

DDoS attacks are an imminent threat to all business and government networks and one of the reasons BreakingPoint is hosting a webcast and publishing a DDoS and Botnet Test Methodology. During the webcast, to be held on November 4, 2009, participants will learn how to replicate DDoS and botnet attacks in order to validate the performance and security of a network before an attack occurs. All webcast registrants will also receive a copy of the test methodology.

Register now for the BreakingPoint webcast on November 4, 2009 and receive the "BreakingPoint DDoS and Botnet Test Methodology".

Prepare for the Inevitable DDoS and Botnet Attack

A DDoS attack attempts to make a computer resource unavailable for others to use, and it can range from a simple SYN Flood to the more advanced service-specific attacks. As DDoS and botnet attacks have become more frequent and damaging, it has become more important to test network equipment and application servers with these same attacks in mind. Only through realistic attack simulation can you determine how equipment and the network will respond under attack. The "BreakingPoint DDoS and Botnet Test Methodology" replicates a variety of attacks to help users find their network weaknesses before others do.