SWE Pattern Analysis

8 Years of Data Integrity Incidents (2018-2025)

57
Total Incidents
26
SWE Patterns
65%
New Pattern Rate
4
Industries Affected
Days Since Last Major Incident
-

Incident Timeline

Track the evolution of data integrity failures over time

Key Insights

  • Peak incident year: 2019 with 10 incidents
  • Average new pattern discovery rate: 4.6 per year
  • Most recent trend: Stabilizing incident rate

Pattern Distribution

Most frequently observed schema weaknesses

Top 10 SWE Patterns

Cantorian Magnitude Distribution

Most Common Patterns

#1
SWE-3001
Authentication/Authorization Schema Weaknesses
9 incidents 4 years
#2
SWE-4001
Poor Data Partitioning and Hotspot Keys
8 incidents 5 years
#3
SWE-5001
API Rate Limiting and Enumeration Weakness
7 incidents 4 years
#4
SWE-6004
Monolithic Database Architecture
6 incidents 4 years
#5
SWE-2001
Non-Atomic Schema Migrations
5 incidents 5 years

Industry Impact Analysis

Schema weaknesses by industry sector

Industry-Specific Patterns

Healthcare

14 incidents, 10 unique patterns

  • Data protection gaps
  • vendor security failures

Financial Services

8 incidents, 8 unique patterns

  • Legacy system brittleness
  • monolithic architectures

E-commerce/SaaS

8 incidents, 6 unique patterns

  • Scaling limitations
  • cache dependencies

Government

7 incidents, 3 unique patterns

  • Spreadsheet abuse
  • legacy mainframes

Pattern Evolution

How schema weaknesses have evolved over time

Understanding the Evolution

Technology Focus Patterns
Application Type Patterns
Primary Impact Patterns
Weakness Pattern Types