Best Practice Report

Best Practices For Automating Security Operations Workflows

Use SOAR And Other Automation Technologies More Effectively In The SOC

August 10th, 2023
Allie Mellen, Principal Analyst
Allie Mellen Principal Analyst
With contributors:
Joseph Blankenship , Naveen Chhabra , Jeff Pollard , Alexis Tatro , Ellen Lind

Summary

Automation is a beneficial tool for speeding up investigations, accessing valuable context in an incident, and executing automated response actions. However, many security teams struggle to competently use automation such as security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR). In this report, we detail seven best practices for using automation in the security operations center (SOC) to enable security leaders and security operations teams to get maximum value out of their automation investment.

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