Security orchestration and security automation are closely related terms, but it is important to understand the differences between them.
Security orchestration integrates and streamlines cybersecurity processes and tools into a unified whole in order to streamline a range of security operations tasks. Security automation accomplishes many of these tasks with machines that free up human resources for other priorities.
Instead of using these terms interchangeably, it is more accurate to think of security automation as one component of a comprehensive security orchestration strategy.