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Weekly Workflow: Just In Time Provisioning to an RDS Database

Here's how to use a Blink workflow to automate setting up an access lifespan in RDS databases using Jut-In-Time provisioning.

5 Powerful Automations You Can Build with BlinkOps + Okta

Learn about 5 effective identity management automations you can create with BlinkOps and Okta. These automations make IAM tasks easier, ensure compliance, and save you hours of manual work.

What Is SOAR Automation? A Detailed Overview

SOAR (security orchestration, automation, and response) is a set of tools used in cybersecurity to help companies find, manage, and solve cyber threats more efficiently. Many security tasks can be done automatically with SOAR, which makes jobs easier and faster. This article will explain how SOAR automation works, with its features and benefits. We'll also look at some challenges and limitations it may present.

Celebrate National Password Day 2025 by Automating Password Security

Celebrate National Password Day (May 1st 2025) by strengthening your organization's security posture. Discover three Blink workflows to enforce MFA compliance, automate password rotation reminders, and detect compromised credentials.

Top Automations for Risk Reviews with BlinkOps + SecurityScorecard

Learn about 4 easy ways to simplify third-party risk reviews using BlinkOps and SecurityScorecard. Find out how to keep track of vendor ratings, apply risk rules, and start workflows in tools like ServiceNow and Slack - all automatically.

BlinkOps Launches the First No-Code Security Agent Builder Platform For Enterprise Teams

BlinkOps Security Agent Builder enables organizations to create unlimited agents that can perform any task or role, custom-tailored to their specific needs.

Why We Built Security Agent Builder: Because One-Size-Fits-All AI Is a Myth

Over the past year, we’ve all watched the rise of AI agents. From simple chatbots to sophisticated copilots, the idea of pre-made AI agents is now everywhere—and every vendor seems to be racing to give you a “ready-to-go” solution.

What Is Security Automation? A Complete Guide

Today, we’ll discuss security automation including what it is, its benefits, types, and best practices to enhance your security processes.

Workflow Wednesday: 5 Workflows to Automate Penetration Testing

Automate penetration testing with Blink Ops to check credentials, find assets, scan for vulnerabilities, and test web security. Use tools like HIBP, Censys, Shodan, Tenable, OWASP ZAP, and Nuclei to detect threats faster.

12 Security Automation Tools Every Organization Needs

Security automation tools work by using scripts, AI, and ML to automatically detect, investigate, and respond to security threats.

SOAR Replacement: A Complete Explanation

Learn about the importance of SOAR replacement, its benefits, best practices and some current replacements and future developments.

BDO MDR Chooses BlinkOps to Slash Manual Work by 40% closing 50% of Alerts and speeding response

Discover how BDO Managed Detection and Response services in Israel replaced their legacy SOAR, cut alerts by 50%, and boosted MDR response times using BlinkOps’ no-code security automation.

5 Threat Hunting Workflows to Supercharge Your Cybersecurity

Boost your cybersecurity posture with 5 automated threat hunting workflows on Blink Ops, including phishing defense, IOC scanning, and vulnerability monitoring.

Creating an Effective SOC Playbook

Learn how to create an effective SOC playbook to streamline security operations, enhance incident response, and improve threat detection.

Top 9 SOAR Platforms and Vendors

SOAR platforms connect security tools and systems to work together, automating repetitive tasks, and accelerating response to incidents.

SecOps vs. SOC: The Differences Explained

Learn the key differences between SecOps vs SOC, their roles in cybersecurity, benefits, and how they work together to strengthen security.

Time To Automation (TTA): The single most important security metric for 2025

Security teams are losing the battle against evolving threats due to a critical skills shortage and outdated SOAR playbooks. AI-driven security automation is the future—accelerate Time to Automation (TTA) and stay ahead of attackers with Blink’s no-code platform. Automate in seconds, not months.

6 Top GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance) Tools

In this article, you'll learn about GRC tools and will see a list of the top 6 GRC tools that can help your organization remain threatproof.

The Impact of Data Silos on AI and Security Operations

Data silos undermine AI-driven security operations, making threat detection and governance ineffective. Explore strategies to integrate data, strengthen analytics, and improve cyber resilience.

From Legacy SOAR to AI-Driven Security: How Time to Automation Became the New Standard

Legacy SOAR is out—AI-driven security automation is in. Learn why Time to Automation (TTA) is the new benchmark for SecOps and how AI is transforming security operations.

Case Management in Security: Definition and Best Practices

In this post, we explore what security case management entails, how it works, factors to consider, and best practices for its implementation.

How AI-Driven Security Automation Helps End Tool Sprawl - A Detailed Guide

Discover how AI-driven security automation eliminates tool sprawl, simplify cybersecurity operations, and boost efficiency with automation platforms like Blink.

NIST, MITRE ATT&CK? Choosing a SOC Framework

Learn about security operations center frameworks and their benefits. Check out a list of 7 SOC frameworks to enhance your security.

Understand SOC Processes and Best Practices

How do Security Operations Centers (SOCs) operate, their key SOC process, their best practices, and much more?

Blink Ops Achieves 400% YoY Revenue Growth, Surpasses $50M in Total Funding

AI-Driven Security Automation Leader Achieves $50M in Funding, Doubles Headcount, and Accelerates Global Expansion and Product Innovation

Blink Ops Joins the 2025 Cyber 150: A Milestone Achievement

Blink Ops is named to the 2025 Cyber 150, recognizing the fastest-growing midsize cybersecurity companies. Learn more about our innovation and commitment to redefining security automation.

Weekly Workflow: From Threat to Quick Resolution

Unusual login attempts soften signal an attempted account intrusion. In this workflow, we're going to show you how you can automate the process of securing user accounts when a suspicious login is detected.

How to Improve Your SaaS Cybersecurity Posture with Security Automation

Improve SaaS cybersecurity with security automation: streamline API key management, scan staging environments, and monitor AWS workflows effectively.

Weekly Workflow: Identity and Access Management

When an employee leaves a company, whether voluntarily or not, ensuring their access to company systems is promptly revoked is essential to maintain security.

Weekly Workflow: Automated CrowdStrike Update

The CrowdStrike security software update incident in July 2024 caused a major IT outage that affected various industries, from airlines to hospitals. This incident serves as a stark reminder of how quickly a seemingly routine process can lead to widespread disruptions and vulnerabilities. In this workflow, we're going to show you how you can schedule CrowdStrike, or any other updates to run when you want them to.

5 Ways AI-Powered Security Automation Makes Life Easier for SecOps Teams

See how AI automation makes life easier for SecOps teams—cutting down their busywork, reducing alert fatigue, and speeding up incident response times.

How Automation Helps Prevent Fraud

Discover how Blink helps combat fraud, enhances compliance, and stops ransomware, phishing, and BEC threats during this Fraud Awareness Week and beyond.

Threat Detection and Response (TDR): Tools & Best Practices

Discover essential threat detection & response tools, their working mechanisms, types, benefits, and best practices to protect your business effectively.

SIEM vs SOAR: Key Differences and Pros & Cons

Explore the key differences between SIEM and SOAR, their pros and cons, and how they complement each other to strengthen security operations.

How Blink Automates GRC Management

Simplify GRC management with Blink. Automate risk tracking, incident reporting, access reviews, and cloud compliance for efficient security operations.

Weekly Workflow: Automating Vulnerability Management with Blink and Wiz

Blink works alongside Wiz to empower security teams to create efficient, automated security procedures for evaluating, addressing, and documenting alerts from various security tools.

XDR vs SOAR: Key Differences, Benefits & Limitations

Explore the key differences, benefits, and limitations of XDR vs SOAR to choose the best security solution for your organization’s needs.

5 Steps to Building an Autonomous SOC with AI Augmentation

Modernize your SOC with AI in 5 steps: automate threat response, prioritize tools, enrich context, train teams, and streamline access management.

Weekly Workflow: How to Validate that All Azure Storage Accounts are Encrypted

Azure Storage Accounts offer a powerful cloud storage solution, but ensuring their encryption is important for comprehensive security. In this Weekly Workflow, we're going to look at how you can automate encryption checks for your Azure Storage Accounts.

How AI Will Impact Cybersecurity and Cybercrime in 2025

Explore predictions on AI’s impact on cybersecurity in 2025, from AI-powered scams to deepfakes and complex cyberthreats shaping the future of digital security.

How Blink Automations Simplify IAM Management for Security Teams

Automate IAM management in Blink: prevent privilege escalation, automate role based provisioning, monitor dormant accounts, and enforce policies.

How AI Will Improve Security Operations in 2025

Discover how AI will reshape security operations by 2025 with autonomous functions, AI-driven deception, and insider risk scoring. Explore the pros and cons.

3 Ways to Shift Left With Blink Ops Security Automation in the SDLC

Discover 3 ways to shift security left with Blink. Automate dependency vulnerability scans, Terraform security checks, and Postman API testing.

5 Ways Cybercriminals Are Exploiting Deepfakes in Cybercrime in 2024

Look at how deepfake technology is being used by cybercriminals to evade KYC procedures, perpetrate financial fraud, and initiate malicious schemes.

Top 5 Cloud Security Automations for SecOps Teams

Learn about 5 powerful cloud security automations with Blink Ops to simplify security operations like S3 bucket monitoring, subdomain takeover detection and failed EC2 login detection.

Weekly Workflow: Rotating Access Keys for Your Azure Storage Account

Azure Storage accounts leverage Shared Key Authorization, a convenient access method secured by access keys. However, a compromised key exposes your storage to unauthorized access.

Weekly Workflow: Realtime Gmail Phishing Detection

Phishing scams are a persistent threat in the digital world, with a staggering 3.4 billion malicious emails in circulation daily. Recognizing and responding to these threats is paramount for safeguarding oneself from financial and data loss. 

Blink Ops Recognized as a Leader in GigaOm’s Latest SOAR Radar Report

Gil Barak, Co-founder and CEO of Blink Ops, shares his POV on Blink being named a Leader and Outperformer in GigaOm’s 2024 SOAR Radar Report.

AI for Incident Response: Benefits, Challenges & Best Practices

Discover how AI boosts incident response through automation, faster detection, and accuracy while addressing challenges and following best practices.

AI SOC: Key Features, Benefits & Challenges

Explore the key features, benefits, challenges, and future of AI-driven SOCs in modern security operations. Learn best practices for successful AI integration.

Weekly Workflow: How to Find and Remove Unused Security Groups in AWS in 10 Seconds

75 AWS account owners alerted! Are you one of them? Unused security groups not only create a security risk, but also may be a time sink to clean up. Blink Copilot caan help you fix that.

Weekly Workflow: I Never Knew My Google Drive Was at Risk

We don't often think of Google Drive as not being secure, but the truth of it is that it's just as prone to attacks as any other service when you're not careful about your document share settings.

Best Practices for Automating Vulnerability Management

Vulnerability management in Blink Ops is automated. Check out use cases like web app testing, third-party risk monitoring, API security and patch management.

Incident Response Tools: Features, Types & Top Tools

Discover the key features, types & best practices for incident response tools to improve your security posture and threat mitigation.

Weekly Workflow: Password Nightmares

Maintaining password policies across your entire organization is a time consuming process for any company, especially large ones. An automated workflow can make things so much easier for you, ensuring that both your time and sensitive data are kept safe.

Weekly Workflow: RegreSSHion

Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU) uncovered a critical Remote Unauthenticated Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-6387, affecting OpenSSH servers on glibc-based Linux systems.

Top 4 Security Automation Use Cases: A Detailed Guide

Learn about the top 4 security automation use cases that can streamline your cybersecurity efforts. This guide covers reducing enriching indicators of compromise (IoCs), monitoring external attack surface(s), scanning for web application vulnerabilities and monitoring for leaked user credentials - specifically email addresses.

What is Compliance Automation? Benefits, Use Cases & Tools

Learn how compliance automation simplifies regulatory tasks, boosts efficiency, and reduces errors. Explore key benefits, use cases, and top tools.

What Are The Key Differences Between XDR, SIEM and SOAR?

Explore the differences between XDR, SIEM, and SOAR, and learn how each security technology enhances detection, monitoring, and response.

The Top 4 Industries at Risk for Cyber Attacks and How Security Automation Can Help

Discover how security automation strengthens defenses in healthcare, government, education, and finance—industries most at risk from cyberattacks due to their sensitive data and vast networks.

What is IAM Automation? Benefits, Challenges and Tools

Discover what IAM automation is, its benefits & challenges, key tools, and how to effectively implement and maintain automated identity & access management.

5 Ways Cybercriminals Are Using AI in Cybercrime in 2024

Learn how cybercriminals exploit AI for phishing, deep fakes, OTP bypasses, hacking, and voice spoofing. Explore the latest AI-driven cybercrime tactics.

Saying Goodbye to SOAR: What’s Next for Security Operations?

Gartner declares SOAR obsolete, urging a shift to advanced AI solutions in security operations. Discover how AI is revolutionizing security automation.

Ransomware 2024: Insights into LockBit, BlackCat, and More

Explore the 2024 ransomware landscape, major attacks, key trends like RaaS, double extortion, supply chain attacks, and cybercriminals' evolving tactics.

Top 5 Ways AI Is Automating Cybersecurity Incident Response

Discover five use cases where AI revolutionizes cybersecurity incident response with automated threat detection, script writing, code analysis, and more.

Top 9 Cybersecurity Frameworks in 2024

Discover the top 9 cybersecurity frameworks for 2024, including NIST, ISO, GDPR, and more. Learn their benefits, challenges, and how to choose the right one.

Zero-Day Exploits: Everything to Know in 2024

Explore zero-day exploits in cybersecurity: their definition, how they work, and how they differ from n-day vulnerabilities.

Past, Present, and the Future of Security Automation

Explore the history of security automation, AI-driven trends, and the debate on autonomous SOCs. Learn how AI is transforming threat detection and response.

From Manual Processes to AI-Powered Automation with Blink

Tom Dixon, a security solutions engineer at Blink Ops, shares his journey from manual tasks to AI-powered automation with Blink.

Blink’s Security Automation Platform Delivers 936% ROI

Discover the new TAG study that shows Blink security automation delivers 936% ROI, with significant time savings and reduced breach damage. Read the report.

Streamline Incident Response Efficiency with Blink & Panther

Learn more about our new integration with Panther that combines Blink's automation with Panther's security intelligence to revolutionize alert handling.

6 Real-World Applications of AI in Cybersecurity

Explore six real-world AI applications in cybersecurity, including BurpGPT, Blink Copilot, VirusTotal Code Insight, and Tenable's EscalateGPT.

Avoid Vendor Lock-in with AI-Powered Security Automation

Discover how AI-powered security automation helps avoid vendor lock-in by standardizing and integrating data across various cybersecurity products.

Will AI Replace Cybersecurity Jobs?

Wondering if AI will replace cybersecurity jobs? Discover how AI impacts roles, why human expertise still matters, and what future skills you'll need to thrive.

5 Signs it's Time to Ditch Your SOAR Platform

Discover five warning signs that indicate your SOAR platform may be hindering your security efforts and learn how to choose a better solution.

What to Look for in a Security Automation Platform

Explore the evolution of security automation and discover the top features to look for in 2024 beyond legacy SOAR systems.

A Security Team’s Guide to Generative AI

Learn the essentials of generative AI in our guide tailored for security professionals, covering key concepts and practical insights.

Meet Niv Schneiderman: Senior Software Engineer at Blink Ops

Meet Niv Schneiderman, Senior Software Engineer at Blink Ops. Discover his passion for automation, tech insights, and explore his advice for new engineers.

AI and Security: Fighting Fire with Fire

Learn how to use AI in cybersecurity to your advantage and stay proactive against new cyber threats. Find out how to fight fire with fire.

Meet Nicola Dimant: Technical Writer at Blink

Get to know Nicola Dimant, Technical Writer at Blink. Find out Nicola's favorite thing about the Blink platform and what a typical day at Blink looks like.

How Security Teams are Using Generative AI

Discover the top five ways Gen-AI is transforming security operations and enhancing tools across various industries and disciplines.

What is a Security Automation Copilot? How Do They Help You?

With a security automation copilot, anyone can think of a workflow and automate it fully in seconds. Learn how to create smart, automated workflows.

17 Microsoft Azure Workflow Automations You Should Know

Explore 17 Azure workflows to automate for enhanced security, compliance, and cost savings. Streamline your Azure operations with our guide.

New Feature: Blink Case Management for Threat Prioritization

Explore Blink’s new case management feature that simplifies incident tracking and remediation for SOC teams, enhancing efficiency and response.

4 Ways to Connect With Blink at AWS Re:Invent 2023

Connect with Blink in Las Vegas during one of the largest gatherings of the cloud and security community, AWS re:Invent.

Blink & Reco AI: Control Access and Automate Security Tasks

Discover 7 key benefits of integrating Blink and Reco AI into your security tech stack for enhanced SaaS protection.

New Era of Security Automation: Blink's Momentum in 2023

Learn how Blink Ops achieved over 600% revenue growth, expanded partnerships, and gained customer adoption. CEO Gil Barak shares insights on this success.

What is Cloud Security Automation? Benefits & How to Set It Up

Discover the benefits of cloud security automation, its key elements, and how to set it up for enhanced protection & efficiency of your cloud environment.

What We Know About AI-Powered Cyber Attacks So Far

Explore the evolving threat of AI-powered cyber attacks, their impact, and how AI can be used defensively to protect against sophisticated cyber threats.

5 Automated Workflows to Boost Security in Your Organization

Discover five automated workflows to enhance security at your company, from MFA to strong passwords, following CISA's recommended practices.

Top Security Automation Examples with No-Code Workflows

Discover the latest security automation use cases leveraging no-code workflows to streamline operations, enhance response times, and improve efficiency.

How to Automate Vulnerability Management for Risk Reduction

Discover how automating vulnerability management can reduce risk exposure while saving time and resources. Learn best practices for effective automation.

Automated Cyber Threat Hunting: A Complete Guide

Streamline your threat hunting process with automation. Learn how automated threat hunting can save time and enhance your security operations.

Top SOC Automation Use Cases to Boost Security Operations

Discover top use cases to start SOC automation and enhance security. Learn where to begin for effective threat detection.

What is SOC Automation? Enhancing Security Workflows

Explore SOC automation & its importance in streamlining alert triage and incident response. Learn how your SOC team can benefit from automation.

What is No-Code Security Automation? Everything to Know

Explore the evolution of security automation and learn all about no-code security automation platforms in our article.

Achieve SOC 2 Compliance with AWS Security Controls

Learn how to adopt AWS security controls to maintain SOC 2 compliance. Follow our guide to perform compliance checks and ensure data privacy.

10 Best Practices for Securing GitHub Enterprise SaaS

Discover 10 essential rules for enforcing SaaS Security on GitHub for Enterprise. Follow our guide and best practices to reduce security risks effectively.

10 Essential Security Policies Beyond SOC 2 and ISO 27001

Discover 10 critical security policies to enforce that go beyond SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliance, enhancing your organization’s cybersecurity posture.

How to Ensure NIST CSF Compliance in AWS Environments

Learn how to apply the NIST Cybersecurity Framework to AWS environments. Find out how to enhance security by aligning AWS with NIST CSF standards.