Data Breach Incident Rate (DBR)

Number of data breach incidents per year

EngineeringOperationsSaaS / SoftwareHealthcareFinancial ServicesCountOngoing

FORMULA

DBR = Number of Data Breaches in Period

Alternate Calculations

ImpactRecords exposed per breach incident

What is Data Breach Incident Rate?

DBR measures information security effectiveness. Lower rates indicate strong data protection practices. Required for regulatory compliance reporting. Zero breaches is the goal; even one breach is material.

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Sample Data

yearbreachesrecordsseverity
2021250,000High
202215,000Medium
202300N/A

Required Data Columns

breachesrecords_exposedseverity