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Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response for Security Analysts

By : Benjamin Kovacevic
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Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response for Security Analysts

By: Benjamin Kovacevic

Overview of this book

What 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.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
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Part 1: Intro to SOAR and Its Elements
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Part 2: SOAR Tools and Automation Hands-On Examples

Part 2: SOAR Tools and Automation Hands-On Examples

As the first part provided a more theoretical perspective, the second part will focus on real tools and examples. At the start of Part 2, we will introduce a few SOAR tools and showcase what SOAR elements look like in real life. After that, we will focus on automation using Microsoft Sentinel, where we will create playbooks step by step – from planning and designing to testing them.

This part contains the following chapters:

  • Chapter 4, Quick Dig into SOAR Tools
  • Chapter 5, Introducing Microsoft Sentinel Automation
  • Chapter 6, Enriching Incidents Using Automation
  • Chapter 7, Managing Incidents with Automation
  • Chapter 8, Responding to Incidents Using Automation
  • Chapter 9, Mastering Microsoft Sentinel Automation: Tips and Tricks