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Description

The Outages and Security Breaches event tracks major disruptions and cybersecurity incidents affecting businesses. These events provide valuable insights into a company’s resilience, data security practices, and operational stability.

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Use cases:

  • Risk Management: Identify businesses experiencing major disruptions or security threats.
  • Vendor & Partner Evaluation: Assess potential risks when working with affected companies.
  • Cybersecurity Monitoring: Track security breaches that could indicate systemic vulnerabilities.
  • Customer Impact Analysis: Understand how outages and breaches affect business operations and customer trust.

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Data Schema

Event Name: “outages_and_security_breaches” (Use this value in the event_types parameter when querying this event.)
SignalAPI NameDescriptionData Type
Type of incidentincident_typeCategorization of the type of incident that occurred e.g., outage, data breach.string
Impacted systemsimpacted_systemsText listing the systems that were impacted by the incident.array<string>
Number of affected customersnumber_of_affected_customersNumber of company’s customers affected by the incident.integer
Link to articlelinkLink to article reporting the outage, security incident, or data breach.url
TitletitleThe headline of the article, summarizing its main topicstring
SnippetsnippetA short summary or preview of the articlestring
Event nameevent_nameName of the event related to the incident.string
Event timeevent_timeThe timestamp indicating when the event actually occurreddatetime

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Query Example

cURL
curl -X POST \
  "https://api.explorium.ai/v1/businesses/events" \
  -H "API_KEY: your_api_key_here" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "event_types": [
    "outages_and_security_breaches"
  ],
  "business_ids": [
    "8adce3ca1cef0c986b22310e369a0793"
  ],
  "timestamp_from": "2025-01-01T10:03:03.050Z"
}'

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Best Practices

  • Monitor incident trends to assess business stability and security posture.
  • Analyze impacted systems to determine operational risks.
  • Correlate security breaches with customer impact to understand reputational damage.

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Cost Cutting

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