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Sample cards from the Cloud-Security-Engineer flashcard bank. Read the question, think of the answer, then read the explanation below.
An organization wants to restrict Prisma Cloud Compute access so that developers can only view vulnerabilities for repositories they own. Where in the Prisma Cloud Compute console should an administrator configure this access control?
Compute > System > Access Control > Roles
Access control for Prisma Cloud Compute is managed via System > Access Control where roles and collections are defined and mapped to users.
An organization wants to enforce an automated remediation workflow in Prisma Cloud for AWS Security Groups that allow unrestricted ingress on port 22 (SSH). How should the administrator configure this integration?
Configure an Alert Rule in Prisma Cloud with an Auto-Remediation integration using an AWS SSM Document or Lambda function to modify the Security Group.
Prisma Cloud supports automated remediation via integration with AWS Systems Manager (SSM) Automation or AWS Lambda functions triggered by Prisma Cloud Webhooks/Alert Rules.
An enterprise wants to enforce runtime protection for serverless functions in AWS Lambda without modifying function code layers. Which Prisma Cloud feature should be implemented?
Deploy the Prisma Cloud Serverless Defender layer to automatically wrap the Lambda function handler.
Prisma Cloud provides serverless defense by injecting a wrapper or utilizing automated instrumentation layers that protect functions without requiring code changes.
Your company has multiple business units sharing a single Prisma Cloud Enterprise tenant. You need to ensure that compliance reports generated by the Finance business unit only include AWS accounts owned by Finance. What feature must you configure?
Account Groups applied as a filter when generating or scheduling compliance reports
Compliance reports can be scoped to specific Account Groups to ensure that reports only reflect data relevant to specific business units or teams.
Your organization operates in a heavily regulated industry and requires that all Prisma Cloud audit logs and alert history be retained indefinitely and exported to an external SIEM. How should you configure log retention and forwarding?
Configure an SIEM integration under Settings > Integrations (e.g., Splunk or AWS SQS) and configure Alert Rules to forward event streams.
Prisma Cloud supports forwarding logs and alerts via SIEM integrations (such as Splunk or AWS SQS/Kinesis) configured under Settings > Integrations.
You are tasked with writing a Resource Query Language (RQL) statement in Prisma Cloud to find all AWS S3 buckets that do not have server-side encryption enabled. Which RQL query correctly achieves this?
config from cloud.resource where cloud.type = 'aws' and api.name = 'aws-s3-bucket' and jmespath contains(bucketEncryption.serverSideEncryptionConfiguration.rules, 'AES256') is false
To check for unencrypted S3 buckets, the correct cloud config resource attribute for encryption must be evaluated against false or null values using the cloud.resource object.
Which Prisma Cloud feature allows security teams to group cloud resources based on business units, environments (e.g., Production vs. Development), or ownership for targeted policy enforcement?
Resource Groups
Resource Lists and Resource Groups allow administrators to logically group assets across cloud accounts for granular policy targeting.
Your security team needs to identify AWS EC2 instances that have been assigned public IP addresses and are accessible from the internet on any port. Which RQL query accurately detects this?
config from cloud.resource where cloud.type = 'aws' and api.name = 'aws-ec2-instance' and public is true
EC2 instances with public exposure can be queried using cloud config RQL evaluating public IP assignment and associated security groups.
What is the purpose of the Asset Inventory module in Prisma Cloud?
To provide a comprehensive, searchable inventory of all multi-cloud resources discovered across connected cloud accounts.
Asset Inventory allows security practitioners to search, filter, and view details of all discovered cloud resources across multi-cloud environments.
An administrator needs to quickly view the overall security posture and compliance status of multiple AWS accounts connected to Prisma Cloud. Which Prisma Cloud tab provides this aggregate high-level executive dashboard?
Dashboard
The Dashboard tab in Prisma Cloud provides a high-level overview of the posture, compliance benchmarks, and alerts across all connected cloud accounts.
Where in Prisma Cloud can an administrator create, modify, or disable OOTB (Out-of-The-Box) and custom security policies?
Governance > Policies
Policies in Prisma Cloud are managed under the Governance > Policies section.
An administrator notices that a connected AWS account is showing a 'Data Collection Error' status in Prisma Cloud. What is the most likely cause of this issue?
The cross-account IAM role permissions were modified or revoked in AWS, preventing Prisma Cloud from calling required APIs.
Data collection errors in Prisma Cloud typically occur when underlying IAM permissions or cloud connector API permissions have been modified or revoked in the cloud account.
Your compliance team requires proof that Prisma Cloud is actively scanning your cloud environments and generating alerts. Where can an administrator review audit trails of administrative actions taken inside the Prisma Cloud console itself?
Settings > Audits
Audit logs capturing administrative actions performed within Prisma Cloud are located under Settings > Audits.
Your auditor requests a report showing historical compliance trends over the last 90 days for the ISO 27001 standard. Where can an administrator generate or schedule this report in Prisma Cloud?
Navigate to Governance > Compliance, select the ISO 27001 standard, and click 'Download Report' or schedule recurring report generation.
Compliance reports, including historical trends for specific standards like ISO 27001, can be generated and scheduled under the Compliance reporting features.
An organization wants to use Prisma Cloud to ensure that no Kubernetes clusters running in Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) have legacy ABAC (Attribute-Based Access Control) enabled. Which RQL query accomplishes this?
config from cloud.resource where cloud.type = 'gcp' and api.name = 'gcp-gke-cluster' and jmespath legacyAbac.enabled is true
Kubernetes cluster configurations monitored by Prisma Cloud CSPM can be queried using the GCP GKE API and JMESPath.
Which Prisma Cloud feature allows developers to scan Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates such as Terraform and CloudFormation before deployment?
Prisma Cloud IaC Security (formerly Bridgecrew integration)
Prisma Cloud IaC scanning (integrated via Prisma Cloud Plugins, CLI, or Git repository integrations) scans templates prior to cloud provisioning.
When onboarding a new Google Cloud Platform (GCP) organization into Prisma Cloud, what is the primary prerequisite required to grant Prisma Cloud visibility across all projects?
Creating a Service Account at the GCP Organization level with the Security Center Viewer and Viewer roles, and generating a JSON key.
Onboarding a GCP organization requires setting up a Service Account with appropriate organization-level roles (such as Security Viewer) and enabling necessary APIs.
You need to detect if any Azure storage accounts have public blob access enabled across your enterprise subscription. Which RQL query accurately identifies this misconfiguration?
config from cloud.resource where cloud.type = 'azure' and api.name = 'azure-storage-account' and jmespath allowBlobPublicAccess is true
Azure storage account public blob access properties are evaluated using config RQL targeting the Azure storage API.
An administrator needs to restrict access to Prisma Cloud so that junior security analysts can only view alerts and assets belonging to the 'PCI-Scope' AWS account, and nothing else. How should this be achieved?
Create a custom Role under Settings > Access Control > Roles, assign a permission group with view rights, and scope the role to a Resource Group containing the PCI-Scope account.
Access control in Prisma Cloud is managed via Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) where roles are assigned specific permission groups and resource collection filters.
How does Prisma Cloud connect to enterprise cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP) for CSPM scanning?
By assuming secure, read-only IAM roles, service accounts, or cross-account access with least-privilege permissions.
Prisma Cloud connects to cloud providers securely using read-only API roles, service accounts, or cross-account IAM roles.
An enterprise environment uses Prisma Cloud Data Security posture management to scan for sensitive data in cloud storage. Which capability does Prisma Cloud Data Security provide?
Scanning AWS S3 buckets and Azure Blob storage for sensitive data like PII and financial records using machine learning and pattern matching.
Prisma Cloud Data Security scans cloud object storage (such as AWS S3 buckets) for sensitive PII, PCI, and proprietary data using pattern matching and machine learning.
An auditor requests a report showing all open vulnerabilities across all active container registries connected to Prisma Cloud. Where can this report be generated?
Navigate to Compute > Vulnerabilities > Images and use the export or reporting features to generate a comprehensive CSV/PDF report.
Reports regarding vulnerabilities across registries, images, and workloads can be generated and exported from the Vulnerabilities reporting or Radar sections.
The Cloud-Security-Engineer flashcard bank covers all 4 official blueprint domains published by Palo Alto Networks. Cards are distributed proportionally, so domains with higher exam weight have more cards.
Domain Coverage
Identity And Access Security
Cloud Security Posture Management
Cloud Workload Protection
Prisma Cloud Architecture And Components
Both flashcards and practice questions are evidence-based study tools. The difference is in what they train:
Flashcards — concept retention
Best for memorising definitions, acronyms, protocol behaviours, command syntax, and conceptual distinctions. Use flashcards to build the foundational vocabulary that Cloud-Security-Engineer questions assume you know.
Best in: weeks 1–3
Practice tests — application
Best for applying concepts to realistic scenarios, eliminating distractors, and building exam stamina.Cloud-Security-Engineer questions test scenario reasoning — not just recall — so practice tests are essential.
Best in: weeks 3–6
The most effective Cloud-Security-Engineer study plan combines both: use flashcards for the first 2–3 weeks to build conceptual foundations, then shift to practice tests and mock exams in the final 2–3 weeks to apply and benchmark that knowledge. Most candidates who pass on their first attempt use both tools.
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