Proactive and Automated aThreat Hunting

SOAR enables organizations to literally “hunt down” threats in a proactive and automated fashion. Using SOAR capabilities, analysts can automatically search for malicious activity across the enterprise network, and find multiple threats, Indicators of Compromise (IOC), while correlating with attackers’ tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs). Equally importantly, they can understand the risks these threats pose, and address them before they can cause harm.

Since no human intervention is required in the threat hunting process, security teams can focus on tackling identified threats faster. Moreover, automated workflows prevent the pileup of new security events, and also reduce the complexities inherent in the threat hunting and remediation processes.

Centralized Data for More Robust, All-round Security

As the number of threats increases, organizations must analyse more data to proactively search for and remediate them. This can be an overwhelming task if done manually. SOAR makes it easy to gather, operationalize, and analyze disparate data sets. It seamlessly integrates data from various security platforms like external threat intelligence feeds, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platforms, User Behavioral Analytics (UBA), vulnerability scanners, and firewalls. It also raises alerts when anomalous or potentially dangerous activities are detected. With SOAR, organizations can better understand the threats they face, and improve threat remediation and incident response.

Optimized Threat Intelligence and Reporting

SOAR platforms provide optimized threat intelligence to support contextual and intelligent decision-making. Analysts can leverage this intelligence to devise appropriate threat responses that require their (human) inputs. Built-in reporting capabilities highlight threats, and deliver up-to-date insights that can drive actionable, automated responses.

Streamline Security Operations from a Single Platform

A single SOAR platform includes pre-canned incident response procedures (playbooks) and pre-built scripts, so security teams can streamline security operations, and resolve incidents intelligently and agilely.

These platforms can automate repeatable and time-consuming tasks such as routine patches and password updates, so organizations can focus their security efforts on tasks that yield the most value. At the same time, organizations can set strategic human “decision goalposts” to ensure that the right decisions can be taken when required.

Respond to Threats Faster

Many organizations struggle to deal with a growing volume of alerts. A majority of these alerts are irrelevant or “false alarms”, so teams end up wasting lots of time on unnecessary investigations, when they should be focusing on real threats that can actually harm the organization.

SOAR streamlines threat monitoring, investigation and alerts. It also automates incident response, so security personnel can respond to alerts more efficiently. They can quickly qualify threats, and standardize investigation and response. They can also set up triggers for follow-up investigations. With orchestration and automation, the same process is followed every time, which improves visibility into the threat hunting and remediation workflows, and ensures that no threat slips through the cracks.