What Is SOAR? Benefits, Use Cases & Top Platforms Compared (2025 Buyer’s Guide) By CyberDudeBivash

summary SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response) platforms let security teams stitch together tools, codify repeatable workflows (playbooks), automate repetitive tasks, and coordinate human + machine response at scale. In practice, SOAR reduces mean time to detect/respond, slashes analyst toil, and provides reproducible incident handling — which is why modern SOCs use SOAR to turn noisy alerts into measurable actions. Leading 2025 platforms include Palo Alto Cortex XSOAR, Splunk SOAR, IBM QRadar SOAR, Swimlane, Rapid7 InsightConnect, DFLabs IncMan, and Google/Siemplify offerings — each with different strengths around integrations, low-code playbook building, and AI-assisted automation. docs-cortex.paloaltonetworks.com +2 Splunk +2 1) What SOAR actually means (short primer) SOAR stands for Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response . Orchestration = connecting and coordinating security tools (EDR, SIEM, IAM, ticketing, threat intel feeds). Aut...