Security+Operations
Automation and orchestration
Outline only. Automation repeats a check. Orchestration coordinates steps across systems. Both can spread a mistake quickly.
8 min read · Outline, not a finished note
Outline. This module is on the map so you can track it. The page below is a writing checklist, not finished study material.
Objectives
- Contrast automation with orchestration
- Note the benefits and the new failure mode
TODO
No infrastructure-as-code exploit content. Benefits and guardrails only.
Checklist
- Automation does one repeatable task the same way. Orchestration runs a workflow across several tasks.
- Benefits the exam likes: speed, consistency, fewer missed steps, a written definition of the desired state.
- The new risk is blast radius. A bad change applied everywhere is still a bad change, faster.
- Guardrails are change control, review of the automation itself, least privilege for the automation identity, and logging of what it did.
- Human approval stays on the steps that deserve it. Automation is not an exception to separation of duties.