In today’s digital landscape, cyber threats are constantly evolving and becoming more sophisticated. Attackers are finding new ways to breach security defenses and exploit vulnerabilities. As technology advances, so do the tactics and techniques used by cybercriminals. Gone are the days when simple antivirus software and firewalls were enough to protect against cyber threats.

Organizations are constantly on the lookout for more efficient, streamlined solutions to bolster their security posture.

In this blog post, Martin Moroney, Customer Success Engineering Manager at Tines shares lessons on migrating from a legacy SOAR platform, based on his experience in overseeing dozens of successful migrations. Enterprise system migrations are complex projects, with intimidating challenges that require meticulous planning and execution. This complexity is amplified in the context of systems that leverage many integrations to support complex workflows.

SOAR is yet another set of cybersecurity tools and technologies that’s exciting to talk about, looks good on paper, but is fraught with financial difficulties for MSSPs seeking to deliver an outsourced security solution that maintains a healthy ROI.

Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs), desperate to automate repetitive tasks, initially turned to SOAR to reduce their workload and improve threat response times. Unfortunately, legacy SOAR tools still face scalability, flexibility, and integration challenges. As the complexity and volume of cyber threats continue to grow, the limitations of legacy SOAR have become more apparent, necessitating the move towards more advanced automation technologies like Torq Hyperautomation.

It’s impractical to operate security operations alone, using manual human processes. Finding opportunities to automate SecOps is an underlying foundation of Zero Trust and an essential architecture component for enterprise-scale SOCs. Let’s discuss what SOAR is, its common uses, and the future of SOAR with AI.