CloudSec-Pro IAM And Access Governance IN Cloud — Timed 10 Questions

Question 1

Which Prisma Cloud feature allows you to map cloud identities to real-world entities for compliance auditing?

Accepted Answer

Identity Correlation in the IAM module. Identity tagging or mapping in Prisma Cloud allows correlation between cloud IAM and organizational identities.

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Alert Rule Configuration

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Compute Identity Mapping

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Compliance Reporting

Question 2

You need to detect over-privileged IAM users in GCP. Which Prisma Cloud policy type should be utilized?

Accepted Answer

IAM Security policy. IAM Security policies are specifically designed to detect unused or excessive permissions in cloud IAM.

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Network policy

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Compute policy

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Data security policy

Question 3

An administrator needs to restrict a user to read-only access for a specific resource group in Azure while using Prisma Cloud. What is the best approach?

Accepted Answer

Create a custom role with scoped permissions for the specific resource group. Custom roles in Prisma Cloud allow for fine-grained control mapped to specific cloud resources.

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Apply a global block policy in the Cloud Account settings

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Use the default 'System Admin' role

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Disable the user's access via the Azure portal only

Question 4

You are configuring Prisma Cloud to perform least-privilege analysis. Which feature should be enabled to identify unused IAM permissions in AWS accounts?

Accepted Answer

IAM Security > IAM User Activity. Prisma Cloud uses IAM Security to analyze actual usage against granted permissions.

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Cloud Accounts > Onboarding > IAM Roles

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Compliance > Policy Analysis

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Compute > Vulnerability Management

Question 5

Where in the Prisma Cloud console can you view the overall IAM security posture of your cloud accounts?

Accepted Answer

Dashboard > IAM Security. The Dashboard provides a consolidated view of security posture, including IAM metrics.

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Inventory > IAM

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Monitor > Alerts

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Settings > Access Control

Question 6

A security administrator needs to ensure that Prisma Cloud only uses specific Identity Providers for SSO. Where should they configure this integration?

Accepted Answer

Settings > Access Control > Identity Provider. Prisma Cloud SSO integration is managed within the Identity Provider settings under Settings > Access Control.

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Cloud Accounts > IAM Integration

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Policy > Access Governance > SSO

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Compute > Defenders > SSO Settings

Question 7

When setting up cross-account roles for Prisma Cloud to monitor an AWS account, what is the 'External ID' used for?

Accepted Answer

To prevent confused deputy attacks during role assumption. The External ID prevents the confused deputy problem by ensuring the role is only assumed by the specific Prisma Cloud account.

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To authenticate the Prisma Cloud console user

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To identify the AWS region

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To map the AWS account to a specific Prisma Cloud project

Question 8

An administrator needs to automatically remediate an IAM policy that allows '*' access to S3 buckets. How is this achieved in Prisma Cloud?

Accepted Answer

Define a policy, then associate it with an automated remediation action. Auto-remediation is configured through RQL alerts integrated with serverless functions or API actions.

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Manually update the S3 bucket policy in AWS

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Disable the policy in Prisma Cloud

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Use the CLI to force update the IAM role

Question 9

What is the purpose of 'Access Groups' in Prisma Cloud?

Accepted Answer

To organize users and assign them specific roles across cloud accounts. Access Groups allow grouping users for centralized permission management.

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To define network segments for users

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To set password complexity requirements

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To group cloud resources for easier inventory

Question 10

You need to ensure that no IAM user has permanent access keys older than 90 days. How do you construct this policy in Prisma Cloud?

Accepted Answer

Use RQL to query IAM user metadata for key age > 90 days. RQL (Resource Query Language) allows for querying the age of credentials.

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Configure a compliance report to scan the cloud provider

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Create a network policy to block older keys

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Use the Cloud Provider Console to set an expiration