Abstract
The research paper scope covers the impact of the distributed denial of service (DDoS) security breach on e-commerce. It shows some cases related to this impact and the control for each case. The DDoS happened because of different security threats and the real system vulnerabilities that may cause Loss of Confidentiality, Loss of Integrity, and Loss of Availability, among other ways of the DDoS impact. Preventing the service may be critical in war, health, transactions and other situations. There are no specific resources or actions to prevent the attack of the DDoS from happening, while there are some action which make it possible to reduce its impact. The paper presents an overview for this type of attack with some recommended actions to respond to it.