Security teams rely on compartmentalized threat intelligence management tools to give them visibility into external threats in this technology-driven environment where there are many security problems owing to cybercriminals' nefarious intent. However, in the face of more automated and advanced threats, stand-alone threat intelligence has fallen short of expectations. As a result, they understand the value of automated solutions like SOAR, which enable them to respond quickly and confidently.

Therefore this article will help us understand what SOAR is all about.

What is SOAR?

SOAR is a short form for Security Orchestration Automation and Response. It enables businesses to collect threat-related data from a variety of sources and automate threat responses. SOAR consists of three parts:

• Security orchestration: It is a method of putting alerts from various security and network tools into a helpful context, with a mechanism in place to handle the alarm manually or automatically.

• Automation: It eliminates the need for humans to deal with mundane tasks and alerts that can be handled automatically.

• Response: It is a collection of processes and technology that are used to plan and carry out the steps required to respond to an incident.

But before understanding how SOAR helps in threat intelligence, let us first understand what threat intelligence is all about.

What is threat intelligence?

Threat intelligence is the intelligence gathered, processed, and analyzed to learn about a threat actor's motivations, objectives, and attack patterns. Threat intelligence enables us to make better educated, data-driven security decisions and shift from reactive to proactive behavior in the battle against threat actors. It organizes and analyzes information regarding previous, current, and possible attacks that could pose a security risk to a company. It provides detailed information about the attacks, including URLs, domain names, files, and IP addresses.

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How does SOAR help in threat intelligence?

SOAR ingests, analyzes, and disseminates threat data and information to obtain insights into attackers' known Indicators of Compromise (IOC) and Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs).

SOAR technologies automate internal and external threat data gathering, consolidation, enrichment, and actioning. This assists security teams in detecting the developing threats before they turn into incidents. It also adds context to investigations, allowing investigators to make more educated decisions and resolve situations more swiftly.

How can InfosecTrain help?

Consolidating existing security products into a single SOAR platform can help organizations streamline their threat intelligence workflow. A SOAR system can detect and respond to advanced security threats in real-time, allowing security teams to respond more quickly to any threats and avoid any breaches. InfosecTrain can help you learn how to leverage the benefits of SOAR and integrate it into threat intelligence. Enroll in our SOC Analyst training course to learn more.