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Security Operations · Intermediate

Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)

A platform that integrates security tools and automates investigation and response workflows using playbooks.

Definition

SOAR ingests alerts, enriches them, executes automated actions (such as blocking an IP, disabling an account or detonating a file) and manages cases with human approval where needed. It reduces response time and analyst workload. Examples include Cortex XSOAR, Splunk SOAR, Microsoft Sentinel automation and Google SecOps SOAR.

Example

A SOAR playbook that triages user-reported phishing, extracts URLs, detonates them and purges matching emails.

Exam tip

SOAR = automation and orchestration; SIEM = collection and correlation.

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