Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response for Security Analysts

Learn the secrets of SOAR to improve MTTA and MTTR and strengthen your organization's security posture

Benjamin Kovacevic, Nicholas DiCola

• Éditeur: Packt Publishing
• Année: 2023
• ISBN:
  9781803239316
• Édition: 1
• Sujet: Computer Science
• Sous-sujet: Systems Architecture

Become a security automation expert and build solutions that save time while making your organization more secureKey Features• What's inside• An exploration of the SOAR platform's full features to streamline your security operations• Lots of automation techniques to improve your investigative ability• Actionable advice on how to leverage the capabilities of SOAR technologies such as incident management and automation to improve security postureBook DescriptionWhat your journey will look like With the help of this expert-led book, you'll become well versed with SOAR, acquire new skills, and make your organization's security posture more robust. You'll start with a refresher on the importance of understanding cyber security, diving into why traditional tools are no longer helpful and how SOAR can help. Next, you'll learn how SOAR works and what its benefits are, including optimized threat intelligence, incident response, and utilizing threat hunting in investigations. You'll also get to grips with advanced automated scenarios and explore useful tools such as Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk SOAR, and Google Chronicle SOAR. The final portion of this book will guide you through best practices and case studies that you can implement in real-world scenarios. By the end of this book, you will be able to successfully automate security tasks, overcome challenges, and stay ahead of threats.What you will learn• Reap the general benefits of using the SOAR platform• Transform manual investigations into automated scenarios• Learn how to manage known false positives and low-severity incidents for faster resolution• Explore tips and tricks using various Microsoft Sentinel playbook actions• Get an overview of tools such as Palo Alto XSOAR, Microsoft Sentinel, and Splunk SOARWho this book is forYou'll get the most out of this book ifYou're a junior SOC engineer, junior SOC analyst, a DevSecOps professional, or anyone working in the security ecosystem who wants to upskill toward automating security tasksYou often feel overwhelmed with security events and incidentsYou have general knowledge of SIEM and SOAR, which is a prerequisiteYou're a beginner, in which case this book will give you a head startYou've been working in the field for a while, in which case you'll add new tools to your arsenal