Have I Been Pwned is great for one-time checks
Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) is the most trusted and comprehensive data breach database available. It's maintained by security researcher Troy Hunt and used by millions of people worldwide. For a quick check of a single email address, HIBP is perfect.
But teams face a different problem. You can't ask every employee to manually check their email every month. You need to monitor automatically. And when a breach is found, you need instant alerts and guidance, not a spreadsheet.
What Have I Been Pwned does well
- Most comprehensive breach database: HIBP aggregates data from thousands of breaches, covering the vast majority of public exposures.
- Free one-time checks: You can check any email address for free. No account required.
- Trusted by security professionals: HIBP is used by enterprises, security teams, and penetration testers worldwide.
- Transparent methodology: Troy Hunt publishes exactly how breaches are verified and categorized.
Where HIBP falls short for teams
No ongoing monitoring
HIBP is a lookup tool, not a monitoring service. You check an email, get a result, and that's it. If a new breach surfaces next week, you won't know unless you check again manually.
No team dashboard
HIBP checks one email at a time. If your team has 10, 50, or 100 people, you can't see all of them in one place. There's no way to say "show me the status of everyone in the Sales department."
No email alerts
When a new breach is found, HIBP doesn't tell you. You have to remember to check. In a team of 10, someone will forget, and you'll find out about the breach weeks later—if at all.
No remediation steps
HIBP tells you if your email was in a breach, but it doesn't tell you what to do about it. That's left to the user to figure out. Teams need clear, actionable guidance.
What teams actually need
Modern teams need a few things HIBP doesn't provide:
- Automatic daily re-checks: Monitor all team emails every day and alert on new breaches.
- One dashboard: See the breach status of all team members in one place.
- Instant alerts: When a new breach is found, notify the team within hours, not weeks.
- Remediation steps: Provide plain-language guidance on what to do if an email is exposed.
- Privacy-first: Don't store passwords. Don't sell data. Just monitor and alert.
HIBP data + team monitoring = better security
SecurityScore.me is built on top of the HIBP data source. We use the same trusted breach database you know and trust, but we add the monitoring and team features that HIBP doesn't provide.
Think of it this way: HIBP is the source of truth for breach data. SecurityScore.me wraps that data in monitoring, alerts, and team dashboards so you don't have to think about it.
How it works:
- You add your team's email addresses to SecurityScore.me
- We check them against HIBP every day
- If a new breach surfaces, you're alerted within 24 hours
- Your team gets clear steps on what to do next
Feature comparison
| Feature | HIBP free | SecurityScore.me |
|---|---|---|
| One-time email check | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ongoing monitoring | ✗ | ✓ |
| Email alerts for new breaches | ✗ | ✓ |
| Team dashboard | ✗ | ✓ |
| Remediation guidance | ✗ | ✓ |
| Built on HIBP data | — | ✓ |
Start monitoring your team
If you're currently using HIBP for team monitoring, you're doing manual work that should be automated. Switch to a tool that checks every day, alerts instantly, and gives your team the steps they need to stay safe.
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Start monitoring free →Summary
Have I Been Pwned is the most trusted breach database in the world. But for teams, you need more than lookups—you need automatic monitoring, instant alerts, and dashboards. SecurityScore.me adds those features on top of HIBP data, so you can focus on your business instead of remembering to check emails.