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# Outages and security breaches

## 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.

## 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.

## Data Schema

**Event Name: "outages\_and\_security\_breaches" (Use this value in the event\_types parameter when querying this event.)**

| Signal                       | API Name                        | Description                                                                     | Data Type      |
| :--------------------------- | :------------------------------ | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | :------------- |
| Type of incident             | incident\_type                  | Categorization of the type of incident that occurred e.g., outage, data breach. | string         |
| Impacted systems             | impacted\_systems               | Text listing the systems that were impacted by the incident.                    | array\<string> |
| Number of affected customers | number\_of\_affected\_customers | Number of company's customers affected by the incident.                         | integer        |
| Link to article              | link                            | Link to article reporting the outage, security incident, or data breach.        | url            |
| Title                        | title                           | The headline of the article, summarizing its main topic                         | string         |
| Snippet                      | snippet                         | A short summary or preview of the article                                       | string         |
| Event name                   | event\_name                     | Name of the event related to the incident.                                      | string         |
| Event time                   | event\_time                     | The timestamp indicating when the event actually occurred                       | datetime       |

## Query Example

```curl cURL theme={null}
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"
}'
```

## 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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