Methods←Multi-Layer Systems Stress Testing

Method

Multi-Layer Systems Stress Testing (MSST)

A stress discipline that tests architectures under real-world failure cascades: synthetic workloads, failure propagation, human-factor intervention, multi-cloud disruption, and AI hallucination boundaries.

How it works

  • Inject synthetic workloads and faults across services, data, and edge nodes.
  • Simulate failure propagation and human intervention timing.
  • Test multi-cloud disruption, latency spikes, and AI hallucination boundaries.

Used for

  • Validating continuity for critical OT/IT/AI systems.
  • Exercising runbooks and observability under realistic stress.
  • Exposing hidden coupling and integration drag before production incidents.

Outcome

Confidence that the architecture survives cascades—not just happy-path tests—and that teams know how to respond.