CyberSecurityBreaches_df: Cybersecurity Breaches Reported to US Health Department
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CyberSecurityBreaches_df

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Cybersecurity Breaches Reported to US Health Department

Description

This dataset contains records of cybersecurity breaches reported to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Since October 2009, organizations in the United States that store data on human health are required to report incidents compromising the confidentiality of 500 or more patients or human subjects (45 C.F.R. 164.408). These reports are publicly available and provide detailed information about the affected entities, breach types, and impacted individuals.

Usage

data(CyberSecurityBreaches_df)

Format

A data frame with 1,151 observations and 9 variables:

Name.of.Covered.Entity: Name of the covered entity involved in the breach (character).
State: US state where the entity is located (factor with 52 levels).
Covered.Entity.Type: Type of the covered entity (factor with 4 levels).
Individuals.Affected: Number of individuals affected by the breach (integer).
Breach.Submission.Date: Date the breach was reported (Date).
Type.of.Breach: Type of breach (factor with 29 levels).
Location.of.Breached.Information: Location of the breached information (factor with 47 levels).
Business.Associate.Present: Indicates whether a business associate was involved (logical).
Web.Description: Description of the breach provided online (character).

Details

The dataset name has been changed to 'CyberSecurityBreaches_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the crimedatasets package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'df' indicates that the dataset is a traditional data frame in R. The original content has not been modified in any way.