Expand load-balancer capacity to maintain availability during traffic spikes.
Auto-Scale Load Balancer Capacity
CCC.LB.CN02 · Resource
Related Capabilities
| ID | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CCC.Core.CP04 | Transaction Rate Limits | The service can throttle, delay, or reject excess requests when transactions exceed a user-specified rate limit, and always provides industry-standard throughput up to that limit. |
| CCC.LB.CP22 | Rate Limiting / Throttling | Ability to limit the number of requests per second per client. This ensures that no single client or user overloads the backend servers, distributing requests fairly across multiple instances. |
Related Threats
| ID | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CCC.LB.TH01 | Unrestricted Request Traffic Overwhelms Downstream Services | Absence of filtering or rate limiting permits malicious traffic to overload downstream services and facilitates brute-force activity. |
Assessment Requirements
| ID | Text | Applicability |
|---|---|---|
| CCC.LB.CN02.AR01 | When concurrent connections reach 80 percent of capacity, the autoscaling group MUST add at least one instance within five minutes. | tlp-green, tlp-amber, tlp-red |