November 3, 2025 10:40 PM PST
The most notable distinction between a SOC and a SOAR is that a SOC, or a Security Operations Center, can be described as the centralized group of human analysts and infrastructure that is focused on continuous oversight, threat identification, and manual response to incidences within an organization, which is the operational locus of cybersecurity defense. SOAR, however, is a technology platform created to supplement SOC functions by automating, coordinating tools and standardized response workflows that are integrated into existing systems to perform repetitive processes effectively. A SOC is based on human resources to make decisions and implement them, but SOAR helps minimize fatigue and mistakes through automating low-level processes and allows SOC teams to work on a larger scale and react to threats faster without increasing the number of staff.
