Playbook

A checklist of actions to be preforme to detecdt and respond to a specefic type of incident.

playbooks

SOAR - security orchestrationm automation, and response. facilites incident response, threat hunting, and security configs by runing playbooks.

using these runbooks boosta efficency.

ransomware - describe, people, proces and tools to be employed during a ransomware event.

data exfiltration - describes the specefic and decessary tasks needed to stop or mitigate an ongoing data exfultration.

📚 Playbooks & SOAR

🔑 Playbooks

• Definition: A checklist of actions to detect and respond to a specific type of incident.
• Covers people, processes, and tools needed in each stage of response.
• Ensures repeatability, efficiency, and consistency in handling incidents.

Examples

• Ransomware Playbook
  • Steps to detect, contain, eradicate, and recover from a ransomware event.
  • Includes communication plans, backups, isolation, and forensics.
• Data Exfiltration Playbook
  • Specific tasks to stop or mitigate ongoing data theft.
  • Identify exfil channels, block traffic, isolate affected systems, start incident reporting.

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⚙️ SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response)

• A platform that helps security teams run playbooks automatically.
• Integrates with SIEM, IDS/IPS, firewalls, and threat intel feeds.
• Facilitates:
  • Incident response (structured, automated workflows).
  • Threat hunting (data collection & correlation).
  • Security configuration management (apply policies across tools).

Benefits

• Boosts efficiency → fewer manual tasks.
• Reduces response time → playbooks run instantly.
• Standardizes processes → ensures consistent outcomes.

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✅ Exam Tips

• Playbook = manual or semi-automated checklist for a specific incident type.

• SOAR = platform that automates playbooks across security tools.

• Runbooks = another word for automated playbooks (especially in SOAR).

• Expect scenario questions like:

  “Which tool would automatically run a ransomware response playbook when triggered by a SIEM alert?”

  → SOAR