Innovation
SOARCA Tool
As cyber attacks increase in number, speed, and ingenuity, it is increasingly difficult to detect, analyse, and repel them early. To achieve this, we need automation of cyber security operations. TNO is therefore launching an open source tool that enables companies and organisations to experiment with advanced technology for automatic protection against – and recovery from – cyber attacks. Part of two major research projects, funded by the European Union and complying with newest standards. This tool can automatically respond to threats and cyberattacks with and without human intervention.
SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response) tools provide an end-to-end solution to automatically detect vulnerabilities and respond to them mostly without human intervention. They automatically implement what are called ‘security playbooks’. However, earlier SOAR tools are less suitable for advanced research on cyber security innovations, because they are often either not fully interoperable or not open source-available. In contrast, TNO’s new SOARCA tool is open-source, interoperable with other tools, and meets the latest international standards. This opens the way for parties to develop new innovative solutions according to these new standards.
TNO expert Shari Finner says: "The SOARCA tool is a strategic resource that enables us and our partners to experiment easily with state-of-the-art technology to make society safer. The tool helps companies with in-house tech and cyber security teams explore how to make their cyber security more standardised and automated.''
In the Dutch network, TNO will apply and demonstrate the new SOARCA tool in collaboration with Delft University of Technology, TenneT, ENCS, and DNV. AInception is a European Defence Fund (EDF) project with the aim of using AI in automated detection and response to cyber attacks, particularly in military networks. One of TNO's contributions here is to translate AI-generated responses into machine-readable playbooks and implement them with SOARCA.
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