04 - Writing SOAR Playbooks in Python: Incident Response Automation

Writing SOAR playbooks in Python: incident response automation, enrichment, containment and action orchestration.

What you'll learn

• The modular architecture (Step + Playbook + Context) is the foundation of any enterprise SOAR
• Multi-source enrichment (VT, EDR, CMDB, AD) is essential for accurate triage decisions
• Automatic escalation for critical assets prevents collateral damage from over-containment
• Automatic documentation eliminates reporting overhead (40% of analyst time)
• Testing with mock clients ensures quality without impacting production systems

This article is part of the Detection Engineering series on federicocalo.dev.

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➡️ 04 - Writing SOAR Playbooks in Python: Incident Response Automation

https://federicocalo.dev/en/blog/soar-playbooks-python-incident-response-automation

By Federico Calò — Software Developer & Technical Writer