SOAR / MDR / Torq

Torq

Torq sells workflow automation often marketed as AI SOC or hyperautomation. Documented building blocks include HyperAgents, a Socrates orchestrator, natural-language workflow building, and case handling. Outcome statistics on vendor pages are advertised, not independently tested here.

SOAR / automation softwareResearch reviewed

What you are evaluating

This is licensed software the buyer configures and staffs. AI-assisted authoring still requires human control of go-live. Torq is not a managed detection and response service.

A useful evaluation context

Evaluation is whether AI-assisted playbook authoring with human control of go-live fits how the team already works.

Documented capabilities

The vendor describes these capabilities in the linked sources. Availability depends on the product edition and supported environment.

  • HyperAgents and a Socrates orchestrator for automated case handling the buyer governs.
  • Natural-language workflow building that still requires human control before production use.
  • Case handling across connected security tools through workflows the customer maintains.

Where it fits in the work

  1. Draft a workflow in natural language for a synthetic alert, then review the generated steps before enabling it.
  2. Keep a human control on go-live so an AI-authored path cannot isolate hosts unattended.
  3. Record case handling outcomes for audit and confirm failed steps can be recovered.

APPLY THE IDEA / ILLUSTRATIVE EXERCISE

Make the outcome observable.

In an authorized test tenant, author a synthetic phishing workflow with natural language, require a human go-live approval, run it only against disposable test identities, and capture the case record.

Evidence to look for

The case record shows human go-live approval, actions limited to the test identities, and a recoverable failed-step path.

Use synthetic data and an authorized test environment. Agree the scope and recovery steps before enabling enforcement.

Questions for your evaluation

  1. Which workflow steps must stay human-gated regardless of HyperAgent suggestions?
  2. How are cases exported if the team later leaves Torq?
  3. Who is accountable when an AI-authored workflow takes an unauthorized infrastructure action, and how is that action rolled back?

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