Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response - SOAR
SOAR stands for Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response. It’s a cybersecurity approach that integrates security orchestration and automation capabilities with incident response processes to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of security operations.
Key responsibilities
Security Orchestration:
This involves coordinating and managing security tasks and processes across disparate security tools, technologies, and teams. Orchestration streamlines workflows, facilitates collaboration, and ensures consistent execution of security procedures.
Automation:
Automation involves leveraging technology to perform repetitive, manual security tasks and processes automatically. This can include tasks such as threat detection, alert triage, enrichment of security data, and response actions. Automation helps reduce the burden on security teams, accelerates response times, and minimizes human errors.
Response:
The response component of SOAR focuses on facilitating and guiding incident response activities. This includes incident prioritization, assignment, tracking, and resolution. SOAR platforms often provide playbooks or workflows that guide analysts through standardized response procedures based on predefined rules and best practices.