https://aftersoar.com/ Head-to-heads between SOAR platforms and agentic ones, scored on nine published criteria. en Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMT https://aftersoar.com/dispatches/mate-blue-city-benchmark-published https://aftersoar.com/dispatches/mate-blue-city-benchmark-published Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMT It is a published method for testing agents, and it tests other agents. Mate's AI row does not change, and the accuracy figures stay unscored. https://aftersoar.com/dispatches/xsoar-8-11-end-of-life-2026-11-13 https://aftersoar.com/dispatches/xsoar-8-11-end-of-life-2026-11-13 Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMT Pin your version against the page and write the date down. A team that cannot keep pace with a quarterly cycle has a reason to price a move now. https://aftersoar.com/dispatches/sentinel-leaves-azure-portal-2027-03-31 https://aftersoar.com/dispatches/sentinel-leaves-azure-portal-2027-03-31 Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMT Sentinel owners have a dated project. Test timing-sensitive automation in Defender now, and decide whether a second automation product is worth the cost. https://aftersoar.com/dispatches/threatconnect-domain-redirects-to-dataminr https://aftersoar.com/dispatches/threatconnect-domain-redirects-to-dataminr Tue, 03 Nov 2026 09:00:00 GMT If you run ThreatConnect Playbooks, ask Dataminr in writing about support, roadmap and the product name, and keep an export of your playbooks. https://aftersoar.com/dispatches/google-secops-playbook-docs-updated https://aftersoar.com/dispatches/google-secops-playbook-docs-updated Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT The ZIP is a staging-to-production format, not a way out. If you audit playbook runs from exported data, confirm the case playbooks are in it. https://aftersoar.com/dispatches/torq-named-leader-idc-marketscape-ai-soc https://aftersoar.com/dispatches/torq-named-leader-idc-marketscape-ai-soc Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Torq's scores do not change. If an analyst report decides your shortlist, ask for the report and check how many of its inputs the vendors supplied. https://aftersoar.com/dispatches/mate-publishes-cpr-gate-for-autonomous-actions https://aftersoar.com/dispatches/mate-publishes-cpr-gate-for-autonomous-actions Sun, 18 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT Mate's approvals row stays at 8.5 for documented controls. The 97 percent figure is not scored, and CPR is described, not independently tested. https://aftersoar.com/dispatches/google-secops-curated-rules-legacy-feeds https://aftersoar.com/dispatches/google-secops-curated-rules-legacy-feeds Mon, 12 Oct 2026 09:00:00 GMT It changes the input to your playbooks, not the playbooks. Review custom rules before the next release cycle. https://aftersoar.com/dispatches/splunk-soar-8-7-0-drops-python-3-9 https://aftersoar.com/dispatches/splunk-soar-8-7-0-drops-python-3-9 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 09:00:00 GMT Any custom function written for Python 3.9 needs conversion before you upgrade. The agent features are Cloud only, so an on-prem team does not get them by upgrading. https://aftersoar.com/dispatches/mate-gamebooks-generally-available https://aftersoar.com/dispatches/mate-gamebooks-generally-available Wed, 26 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT Mate's authoring row scores 7.0 as partial, and its migration row 6.0. General availability makes the product testable, and it does not make the migration claim checkable. Ask which source formats it reads. https://aftersoar.com/dispatches/microsoft-updates-splunk-soar-to-sentinel-guide https://aftersoar.com/dispatches/microsoft-updates-splunk-soar-to-sentinel-guide Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT A Splunk SOAR team that already runs Sentinel gets a free checklist of equivalents. Budget the work as a rework of each playbook, and use the map to size it. https://aftersoar.com/dispatches/servicenow-tier-2-ai-specialist-due-december https://aftersoar.com/dispatches/servicenow-tier-2-ai-specialist-due-december Wed, 05 Aug 2026 09:00:00 GMT ServiceNow's AI row stays at 7.0 on the rubric, which scores documented features, and a scheduled feature is not one. Ask for limits and a release date in writing before you count it.