Tines

Overview

Tines is a incident response tool that appears across incident response workflows in this knowledge base. It is referenced as part of higher-level security analysis, investigation, monitoring, or validation activity rather than as an end in itself.

What It Is

Tines is best understood as a incident-response tool in this knowledge base. Its role is conceptual and system-facing rather than procedural: it gives analysts or defenders a structured way to examine evidence, model system behavior, or reason about security state.

How It Works

Tines works by turning technical inputs into more interpretable outputs at the system level. Across the source skills, it appears as part of larger analysis, investigation, monitoring, or validation loops rather than as a standalone end state.

Core Concepts

• SOAR
• enrichment
• IOC
• Cortex XSOAR
• Splunk SOAR
• VirusTotal
• automation
• CTI
• NIST CSF
• threat intelligence
• IR playbook
• runbook

Typical Workflow

• SIEM Alert → Extract IOCs → Classify Type → Route to enrichment functions
• IP Address → AbuseIPDB + Shodan + VirusTotal IP + MISP
• Domain → VirusTotal Domain + PassiveTotal + Shodan + MISP
• URL → URLScan.io + VirusTotal URL + Google Safe Browse
• File Hash → VirusTotal Files + MalwareBazaar + MISP
• → Aggregate results → Calculate confidence score → Update alert → Notify analyst
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• Identify the top incident types based on organizational risk assessment and historical data
• Scope each playbook to a single incident type for clarity (do not combine unrelated scenarios)
• Define trigger conditions that activate the playbook

Use Cases

• Building a SOAR playbook that automatically enriches SIEM alerts with threat intelligence context before routing to analysts
• Creating a Python pipeline for bulk IOC enrichment from phishing email submissions
• Reducing analyst mean time to triage (MTTT) by pre-populating alert context with VT, Shodan, and MISP data
• Establishing or maturing an incident response program from scratch
• Documenting procedures for a new incident type after a novel attack
• Automating response workflows in a SOAR platform (Cortex XSOAR, Splunk SOAR)
• Preparing for compliance audits requiring documented IR procedures (SOC 2, PCI-DSS, HIPAA)
• Conducting a gap analysis of existing IR capabilities against specific threat scenarios
• Writing overly generic procedures that don't reference specific tool interfaces or commands
• Forgetting to define the criteria for when a phishing report becomes a full incident investigation

Limitations

• Output still depends on context, data quality, and surrounding analysis.
• The tool should be interpreted as part of a broader workflow, not as a complete answer by itself.
• Capabilities and visibility vary depending on environment, integrations, and available inputs.

Related Tools

• Cortex XSOAR, Splunk SOAR, 700+ Integrations, And AbuseIPDB, And Collaborative War Room, Chronicle SOAR, Confluence, Drag And Drop Playbook Builder With 2,800+ Automated Actions

Sources

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