SOAR and Incident Response Automation: Playbooks in Action
1. Introduction SOAR incident response automation is the natural evolution of any security operations center that has outgrown email alerts and Excel spreadsheets. When a SOC matures, the alert volume grows faster than the team that must analyze it, which is where automation stops being a luxury and becomes an operational necessity. This article explains what lies behind SOAR incident response automation, with real examples you can adapt to your own environment. I will assume you already know what a SIEM is and how a basic SOC works: if you need to refresh that foundation, the end of this article …

