# Identity Breach Monitoring API

A breach or exposure refers to any unintended release of user information and personally identifiable information (PII) on the Internet. This could be due to a data breach at a site, malware that has captured user data, etc. An exposure occurs when this stolen data is then trafficked, shared or sold in some public or private venue.  Enzoic routinely scours the web looking for this data and catalogues it into its database. Every time a collection of data is found, this is added as a new breach/exposure in our database.

Whereas our Breach Monitoring API allows you to monitor emails and domains for credentials compromises, the Identity Breach Monitoring API allows you to register complete identities with Enzoic, so that you can be notified about future breaches that involve them. 

Monitored identity breach notifications will be made to a webhook URL you establish with Enzoic. See the [Webhooks](https://docs.enzoic.com/enzoic-api-developer-documentation/api-reference/identity-breach-monitoring-api/webhooks) section for more details. For general information on webhooks, see [webhooks.org.](https://webhooks.pbworks.com/w/page/13385124/FrontPage)

Identity Breach Monitoring is not enabled by default on new accounts and is not available in a free tier.  Please [contact sales](https://www.enzoic.com/contact-us) for more information if you are interested in subscribing to this service.

{% content-ref url="identity-breach-monitoring-api/monitoring-identities" %}
[monitoring-identities](https://docs.enzoic.com/enzoic-api-developer-documentation/api-reference/identity-breach-monitoring-api/monitoring-identities)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="identity-breach-monitoring-api/retrieving-identity-exposures" %}
[retrieving-identity-exposures](https://docs.enzoic.com/enzoic-api-developer-documentation/api-reference/identity-breach-monitoring-api/retrieving-identity-exposures)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="identity-breach-monitoring-api/webhooks" %}
[webhooks](https://docs.enzoic.com/enzoic-api-developer-documentation/api-reference/identity-breach-monitoring-api/webhooks)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="identity-breach-monitoring-api/webhooks/webhook-test-api" %}
[webhook-test-api](https://docs.enzoic.com/enzoic-api-developer-documentation/api-reference/identity-breach-monitoring-api/webhooks/webhook-test-api)
{% endcontent-ref %}