How businesses can get started with SOAR How businesses can get started with SOAR Security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) platforms coordinate tools and help fight threats more efficiently. Here's how to prepare for making the transition to SOAR. Credit: Dreamstime SOAR is the name for a relatively new kind of security platform that coordinates information produced by a wide range of security tools and automate much of their analysis and protective responses. SOAR, which stands for security orchestration, automation, and response, is a term coined by Gartner in 2015 and since embraced by the industry as companies grapple with increasing security threats, a tight labor market, and an increasing flood of information they need to parse about the state of the systems and networks they're trying to protect.