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The Cybersecurity Potential of Cortex XSOAR

Learn how Cortex XSOAR empowers security teams to swiftly and effectively respond to threats, reducing response times and improving overall security posture.

The Cybersecurity Potential of Cortex XSOAR

Cortex XSOAR, developed by Palo Alto Networks, is a comprehensive security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) platform designed to streamline and enhance cybersecurity operations.

It integrates seamlessly with a wide array of security tools and systems, automating routine tasks and providing actionable insights through customisable playbooks. By centralising case management and facilitating efficient incident response, Cortex XSOAR empowers security teams to respond to threats more swiftly and effectively, reducing response times and improving overall security posture.

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XSOAR's popularity against other similar vendors

Why automate your processes?

Automating security response with Cortex XSOAR offers significant advantages by enhancing incident management and reducing response times. The platform's robust automation capabilities eliminate repetitive manual tasks, allowing security teams to focus on more complex and critical issues. With its extensive library of customisable playbooks and seamless integration with a wide range of security tools, Cortex XSOAR ensures a swift and coordinated response to threats. This not only enhances operational efficiency but also minimises the risk of human error, thereby strengthening the organisation's overall security posture and resilience against cyberattacks.

Through Cortex XSOAR, you can automate up to 100% of the tasks present in a SOC to some degree. Ranging from simple back-office tasks such as updating tickets to fully automated incident responses and escalations.

Flexibility

Cortex XSOAR stands out for its remarkable flexibility as a security orchestration, automation, and response tool, accommodating a wide range of security operation needs. It supports over 450 integrations with various security and IT systems, allowing it to seamlessly interact with diverse environments and workflows. This extensive integration capability ensures that Cortex XSOAR can adapt to the specific needs of any organisation, regardless of its existing technology stack. Additionally, the platform offers over 600 pre-built playbooks that are fully customisable, enabling organisations to tailor automated responses to their unique incident types and operational processes.

Working with a dedicated tech partner, you can develop your own integrations to fit with any of your organisation's needs, making Cortex XSOAR a central component of your security architecture. Unlike the Microsoft Stack, Cortex XSOAR allows full control over what you may desire to develop and keeps your options flexible regarding costs and development time.

Playbook Development

Playbook development in Cortex XSOAR involves creating automated workflows that improve and standardise the response to various security incidents. These playbooks are composed of a series of actions and decision points that can be customised to fit specific organisational needs and scenarios. They leverage integrations with various security tools and systems to automatically execute tasks such as threat detection, data enrichment, incident notification, and remediation.

Playbook development is facilitated through an intuitive drag-and-drop interface, enabling both technical and non-technical users to design and deploy effective automated responses, thus improving the speed and consistency of incident handling.

Cortex XSIAM

Cortex XSIAM (Extended Security Intelligence and Automation Management) within the Cortex XSOAR ecosystem enhances the platform's capabilities by integrating advanced security analytics and comprehensive incident management features. It leverages machine learning and AI to provide deeper insights into security events, enabling more accurate threat detection and streamlined response workflows.

XSIAM automates the correlation and analysis of large volumes of data across an organisation's security infrastructure, facilitating a unified approach to threat management. This extension amplifies Cortex XSOAR's ability to proactively identify and mitigate risks, offering a more robust and intelligent solution for maintaining organisational security.

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XSOAR efficiency, when paired with XSIAM

Run safe with a dedicated security partner

Cybersecurity has become a top priority for many businesses, especially in regulated markets. That is why we have trained and prepared XSOAR engineering teams that are ready to assist our partners.

Whether it's developing effective responses for security incidents or advanced analytics to dive deeper into complex issues, we are ready to help. Our specialists can assist in identifying time-consuming processes that can be automated effectively and also connect any of your security tools to XSOAR through adapted pre-build integrations or developing new ones tailored for your architecture.

Get in touch and see how our cybersecurity specialists can help your organisation.