Automated Incident Response - Streamlining Processes and Enhancing Efficiency

Explore automated incident response techniques in this comprehensive conference talk from the Hack In The Box Security Conference. Learn how GitLab's incident response team developed Slack-based tools to standardize and streamline their processes, reducing technical and administrative overhead. Discover how these tools integrate with platforms like GitLab, Slack, SIEM, PagerDuty, and Google Workspace to optimize workflow for busy incident response teams. Gain insights into automating alert deployment, incident severity scoring, team handoffs, compliance-driven life trackers, and metrics generation. See how these innovations have significantly reduced investigation time through automated operational communication feeds. Understand the benefits of building custom SOAR solutions tailored to specific team requirements and witness the dramatic increase in efficiency. Get access to a portion of GitLab's open-sourced automation designs and scripts, and learn from the experiences of Valentine Mairet and Harjeet Sharma, seasoned security professionals with expertise in incident response, automation, and cybersecurity.