SOAR Playbook Builder
Select a security incident type and your SOAR platform to generate a structured automation playbook skeleton -- trigger conditions, enrichment steps, decision gates, and response actions.
Visual SOAR playbook builder — design, document, and export incident response workflows.
A SOAR playbook is a structured workflow that defines the sequence of actions taken in response to a specific type of security alert or incident. Well-designed playbooks serve two functions: they ensure consistent, complete response regardless of which analyst handles an incident, and they define what can be automated so that manual analyst time is focused on steps that require judgment rather than steps that can be executed programmatically.
This tool provides a drag-and-drop visual builder for creating SOAR playbooks without requiring knowledge of any specific SOAR platform's workflow scripting syntax. Nodes represent: Triggers (what alert or event starts this playbook), Actions (what to do — query a threat intel feed, create a ticket, send a notification, isolate a device), Decisions (if/else branches based on data or analyst input), and End states (incident resolved, escalated, or false positive). Connections between nodes define the flow. The completed playbook can be exported as PNG for documentation or JSON for import into compatible SOAR platforms.
Pre-built templates are provided for the most common Indian SOC playbook types: phishing email response, ransomware initial response (with CERT-In notification step), brute force lockout response, malware on endpoint, and BEC (Business Email Compromise) response. These templates are designed to be starting points — customise the actions and decision branches to match your organisation's specific tools, escalation paths, and regulatory requirements before using in production.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between a playbook and a runbook?
A playbook is a high-level workflow covering an entire incident type from detection to resolution — it defines the sequence of steps, the decision points, and the roles responsible for each step. A runbook is a detailed step-by-step procedure for a specific technical task within a playbook — for example, "How to isolate an endpoint in CrowdStrike Falcon" or "How to submit a CERT-In incident report." A phishing playbook references the runbook for email header analysis and the runbook for account lockout when it reaches those steps. Both are needed: playbooks for strategic coordination, runbooks for consistent tactical execution.
What SOAR actions should every Indian SOC automate first?
The highest-ROI first automations for Indian cybersecurity professionals: 1) Alert enrichment — automatically query VirusTotal, Shodan, or AbuseIPDB for every IP, URL, and hash in an alert before a human reviews it. Saves 5–10 minutes per alert. 2) CERT-In notification templating — auto-populate the notification form fields from incident data, leaving only the submit action for a human. Eliminates manual data re-entry under time pressure. 3) Ticket creation — automatically create a structured ticket from a SIEM alert with relevant event data pre-populated. Eliminates copy-paste work. 4) Phishing email quarantine — for high-confidence phishing detections, automatically quarantine the email from all recipients' inboxes.
Can I use these playbook templates in any SOAR platform?
The visual playbooks built in this tool are exported as either PNG (for documentation and presentation) or JSON (a structured format capturing the node types, connections, and action definitions). The JSON export is designed to be human-readable and platform-agnostic — it can be used as a specification document when configuring playbooks in Palo Alto XSOAR, Microsoft Sentinel Playbooks (Logic Apps), IBM QRadar SOAR, Shuffle, or TheHive/Cortex. It is not a direct import format for any specific platform but provides the complete logic and action definitions needed to implement the playbook in whatever platform you use.
What information should a phishing playbook include?
A complete phishing response playbook should cover: Trigger (phishing alert from email gateway or user report), Triage (extract sender, subject, URLs, attachments; query each IOC against threat feeds), Decision (high confidence phishing vs suspicious vs benign), High confidence actions (quarantine from all inboxes, block sender domain at gateway, extract all IOCs, check if any users clicked links or opened attachments), User notification (inform affected users, provide guidance), Remediation (reset credentials if clicked, check for persistence if opened), and Closure (document findings, update detection rules if needed, report if CERT-In notifiable). The phishing template in this builder covers all of these steps.