Aegis Prime Security Blog

What is A3R? A3R (Automated Artifact Analysis & Response) is a new security discipline that sits between EDR and SOAR. While EDR detects threats and SOAR manages tickets, A3R autonomously deconstructs forensic evidence, verifies the threat with deterministic logic, and generates the final incident report. A3R addresses the critical gap in modern security operations: the analyst bottleneck between detection and response. Where A3R Fits in the Security Stack ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ DETECTION LAYER │ │ EDR / XDR / SIEM / Email Gateway │ │ "Something happened" │ └─────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────┘ │ ▼ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ A3R LAYER │ │ Automated Artifact Analysis & Response │ │ "Here's exactly what happened and what to do" │ └─────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────┘ │ ▼ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ORCHESTRATION LAYER │ │ SOAR / Ticketing │ │ "Execute the response" │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ The Gap A3R Closes Layer What It Does What It Doesn’t Do EDR/XDR Detects suspicious activity, collects telemetry Doesn’t explain why it’s bad or what to do A3R Deconstructs artifacts, verifies threats, generates reports Doesn’t detect or execute response actions SOAR Orchestrates playbooks, automates response actions Doesn’t analyze evidence or make risk decisions How A3R Works A3R processes security alerts through a deterministic analysis pipeline that extracts, evaluates, and verifies every artifact in the alert data. ...