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SOAR

The latest News and Information on Security Orchestration, Automation and Response.

How to Assess and Up-level Your Organization's Maturity for SOAR, Gartner's Take

Earlier this year, Gartner published its latest research on the Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) market in a report entitled, “Is Your Organization Mature Enough for SOAR?”. We’ve been talking to clients about this very subject and agree with Gartner that SOAR tools can increase SecOps efficiency and consistency, provided organizations have laid the proper groundwork.

Splunk SOAR Feature Video: Custom Functions

Splunk SOAR’s custom functions allow shareable custom code across playbooks and the introduction of complex data objects into the playbook execution path. These aren’t just out-of the-box playbooks, but out-of-the-box custom blocks that save you time and effort. This allows for centralized code management and version control of custom functions providing the building blocks for scaling your automation, even to those without coding capabilities.

Splunk SOAR Feature Video: Contextual Action Launch

Splunk SOAR apps have a parameter for action inputs and outputs called "contains". These are used to enable contextual actions in the Splunk SOAR user interface. A common example is the contains type "ip". This is a powerful feature that the platform provides, as it allows the user to chain the output of one action as input to another.

Splunk SOAR Feature Video: Configure Third Party Tools

To get started in Splunk SOAR, you will need to configure an asset. Assets are the security and infrastructure assets that you integrate with the Splunk SOAR platform, like firewalls and endpoint products. Splunk SOAR connects to these assets through apps. Apps extend the platform by integrating third-party security products and tools.

Current Events Have You Worried? Our Program Development Services Can Help.

Sometimes the hardest part of any project is getting started. But when it comes to strengthening your security operations program, the escalation of cyberattacks over the last few months have shown us there’s no time to waste. You need to make sure you’re leveraging threat intelligence throughout your security operations to understand your adversaries, strengthen defenses, and accelerate detection and response.