Security Orchestration and Automation
Security Orchestration and Automation
Security orchestration platforms solve the challenge of managing multiple security tools and their outputs. These platforms aggregate findings from SAST, DAST, SCA, and container scanners into unified views, eliminating the need to check multiple dashboards. Advanced orchestration platforms correlate findings across tools, reducing duplicate alerts and providing enriched context. This correlation helps identify critical vulnerabilities that multiple tools flag versus issues only one tool detects.
Workflow automation represents the true power of security orchestration. Modern platforms can automatically create tickets for verified vulnerabilities, assign them based on code ownership, and track remediation progress. Integration with communication tools like Slack or Microsoft Teams ensures security findings reach developers through their preferred channels. Automated workflows can even trigger remediation actions like creating pull requests with dependency updates or applying temporary Web Application Firewall rules.
Policy engines within orchestration platforms enable consistent security standards across all teams and projects. Define policies specifying acceptable vulnerability thresholds, required security controls, and compliance requirements. These policies automatically apply to all pipelines, ensuring consistent enforcement without manual configuration. Policy violations can trigger various actions from warnings to deployment blocks, based on severity and context.