CAS-004 Security Operations Practice Question
A SOC team receives an alert from a SOAR platform indicating a potential phishing email. The SOAR playbook automatically quarantines the email, blocks the sender, and opens a ticket. This is an example of which SOAR capability?
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Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
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Automation
Automation is the ability to execute predefined actions without human intervention, as in automatically quarantining and blocking.
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Response
Why it's wrong here
Response is a broad term; automation is the specific capability enabling it.
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Automation
Why this is correct
Automation performs actions automatically based on triggers.
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Orchestration
Why it's wrong here
Orchestration coordinates multiple tools, but the key here is the automated response.
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Correlation
Why it's wrong here
Correlation is a SIEM function, not specific to SOAR.
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