20+ practice questions focused on Cloud Workload Protection — one of the most tested topics on the Certified Cloud Security Engineer (Cloud-Security-Engineer) exam. Each question includes a detailed explanation so you learn why the right answer is correct.
Start Cloud Workload Protection PracticeAn enterprise wants to enforce runtime protection for serverless functions in AWS Lambda without modifying function code layers. Which Prisma Cloud feature should be implemented?
Explanation: Prisma Cloud Serverless Defender for AWS Lambda is delivered as a Lambda layer that automatically wraps the function handler, providing runtime protection without requiring changes to the function's own code. Because Lambda layers are a native AWS mechanism for injecting shared code, this approach satisfies the 'without modifying function code layers' constraint by using a separate layer. The layer intercepts invocations and enforces runtime policies.
An administrator notices that Prisma Cloud Host Defenders deployed on AWS EC2 instances are failing to report back to the console. Security groups allow outbound traffic, but VPC Flow Logs show dropped packets on port 8084. What must the administrator verify?
Explanation: Prisma Cloud Console communicates with Defenders primarily over port 8084 (or configured custom ports). VPC security groups and Network ACLs must permit outbound and inbound traffic on this port.
An administrator needs to install a Prisma Cloud Defender on a standalone Linux virtual machine that does not run Kubernetes or Docker. Which defender type should be selected?
Explanation: A standalone Linux VM with no Kubernetes or Docker runtime requires host-level protection, which is provided by the Prisma Cloud Host Defender (installed as an OS package or via the App-Embedded model for non-container workloads). Host Defender runs directly on the operating system, monitors processes, file integrity, and network activity, and does not depend on a container orchestrator. Container-oriented defenders are inappropriate because there is no container runtime to hook into.
A security team wants to ensure that any container attempting to access the cloud provider metadata service (e.g., 169.254.169.254) from within a compromised workload is blocked. Which Prisma Cloud feature provides this protection?
Explanation: Prisma Cloud Compute's Container Runtime network rules (part of the runtime defense / CNNF policy set) can block outbound connections from containers to specific IPs or CIDRs, including the cloud metadata address 169.254.169.254. This directly prevents a compromised workload from reaching the instance metadata service and stealing IAM credentials — the classic SSRF-to-credential-theft path. The rule is enforced at the container network layer by the Defender, not by cloud-side controls.
An enterprise runs containerized microservices on AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) and wants to enforce mutual TLS (mTLS) and network micro-segmentation managed via Prisma Cloud. Which feature should be configured?
Explanation: Prisma Cloud's Container Runtime defense includes a network firewall capability that enforces Layer 3/4 micro-segmentation using Kubernetes-native identity (namespace, labels, service accounts) rather than raw IPs. This allows mTLS-adjacent policy enforcement and identity-aware segmentation across pods without requiring sidecar proxies. It is the native Prisma Cloud feature designed for exactly this EKS micro-segmentation use case.
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