Security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR): Which solution is best?

Today, security teams are just beginning to realise the benefits of automation and orchestration. As a result, many security vendors are pivoting toward security automation, orchestration and response (SOAR) platforms and the unique capabilities that they can offer. However, selecting the right solution isn’t always easy, and there are many factors that business leaders must consider.

Over 540,000 professionals have used Peerspot research to inform their purchasing decisions. Its latest paper looks at the highest rated SOAR vendors, profiling each and examining what they can offer enterprise.

Here’s a breakdown of the key players currently active in the market:

CRITICALSTART

Average Rating: 9.3

Top Comparison: Arctic Wolf AWN CyberSOC

Overview: Puts a stop to alert fatigue by leveraging the Zero Trust Analytics Platform (ZTAP) plus the industry-leading Trusted Behaviour Registry, which eliminates false positives at scale.

Exabeam Fusion SEAM

Average Rating: 7.7

Top Comparison: Splunk

Overview: A cloud-delivered solution that enables businesses to leverage turnkey threat detection, investigation, and response, as well as collect, search, and enhance data from anywhere using market-leading behaviour analytics.

Fortinet FortiSOAR

Average Rating: 7.0

Top Comparison: Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR

Overview: Remedies some of the biggest challenges facing cybersecurity teams today. Allowing SOC teams to create a custom automated framework that pulls together all of their organisation's tools unifies operations, eliminating alert fatigue and reducing context switching.

IBM Resilient

Average Rating: 7.5

Top Comparison: Splunk Phantom

Overview: Quickly and easily integrates with an organisation’s existing security and IT investments. It makes security alerts instantly actionable, provides valuable intelligence and incident context, and enables adaptive response to complex cyber threats.

McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator

Average Rating: 7.4

Top Comparison: McAfee MVISION ePO

Overview: The most advanced, extensible, and scalable centralised security management software in the industry. Unifying security management through an open platform, the solution makes risk and compliance management simpler and more successful for organisations of all sizes.

McAfee MVISION ePO

Average Rating: 8.5

Top Comparison: McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator

Overview:  Cloud-based security management that remove the setup and maintenance of on-premises security management infrastructure, so businesses can focus on monitoring their endpoints and mobile devices.

Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR

Average Rating: 8.6

Top Comparison: Splunk Phantom

Overview: Delivers a complete solution that helps Tier-1 through Tier-3 analysts and SOC managers to optimise the entire incident life cycle while auto documenting and journaling all the evidence.

ServiceNow Security Operations

Average Rating:  9.0

Top Comparison: Splunk Phantom

Overview: An enterprise security response engine offering security incident response, vulnerability response, and threat intelligence. It’s built on the intelligent workflows, automation, orchestration, and deep connection with IT of the ServiceNow platform.

Siemplify

Average Rating: 10

Top Comparison: Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR

Overview: From case creation, through investigation to remediation – it provides the intuitive, cloud-native workbench security operations teams have been craving to effectively respond at scale.

Splunk Platform

Average Rating: 7.8

Top Comparison: Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSOAR

Overview: Enables teams to work smarter by executing automated actions across their security infrastructure in seconds, versus hours or more if performed manually.

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