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Buyer's Compass
By John Tolbert

Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)

Security Orchestration, Automation & Response (SOAR) refers to comprehensive solutions with capabilities that support a range of security tools and data sources. This KuppingerCole Buyer’s Compass will provide you with questions to ask vendors, criteria to select your vendor, and requirements for successful deployments. This document will help prepare your organization to conduct RFIs and RFPs for SOAR solutions.
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  1. Figure 1 Typical high-level SOAR deployment concept

1 How to Use the Buyer’s Compass

This KuppingerCole Buyer’s Compass on SOAR solutions provides information about

  • Use Cases
  • Functional Selection Criteria
  • Non-functional Selecti ...
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2 Market Segments Defined

As the number and sophistication of cyberattacks have continued to increase over the years, some vendors realized that the traditional approaches and ...

Most vendor solutions have both product and service aspects. Components can be deployed on-premises, although some vendors have forward-looking servic ...

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3 Top 5 Use Cases

Use Case Description
Investigations Security analysts are tasked with examining potential security events and incidents, determini ...
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4 Top 10 Selection Criteria - Functional

IT leaders must perform a detailed evaluation and assessment of SOAR solution providers. The functional selection criteria presented in the table belo ...

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5 Top 10 Selection Criteria – Non-functional

Aside from the functional selection criteria listed above, there are a number of non-functional criteria to take into account when deciding on an appr ...

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6 Use Cases / Selection Criteria Matrix

Having identified the essential use cases and selection criteria for SOAR vendors, this section provides a matrix that maps use cases and functional s ...

Table 4: Mapping of Top 10 Functional Criteria to Top 5 SOAR Use Cases

These criteria need to be adapted to your business and operational requiremen ...

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7 Top 5 Prerequisites - Technical

Even if you transition from an on-premises SOAR deployment to a cloud-based approach, you will still need to carefully assess the gap between the tech ...

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8 Top 10 Prerequisites - Organizational

A successful SOAR vendor selection depends on more than the technology itself, and organizational factors should not be neglected. The following are t ...

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9 Top 10 Questions to ask the Vendors

Aside from asking for specific features, there are some other questions that are worth asking vendors. The following questions help in understanding t ...

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