CloudSec-Pro Practice Question: Data Protection And Incident Response IN Cloud
You are tasked with remediating a compliance violation where an RDS instance is publicly accessible. Using Prisma Cloud, which automated workflow is recommended?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Execute a Lambda function via Prisma Cloud Auto-Remediation
Prisma Cloud's Auto-Remediation feature can be linked to policies to automatically fix misconfigurations, such as removing public access to RDS.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Manually update the AWS RDS console setting
Why it's wrong here
This is not an automated workflow within Prisma Cloud.
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Execute a Lambda function via Prisma Cloud Auto-Remediation
Why this is correct
Lambda-based auto-remediation is the standard approach for fixing infrastructure misconfigurations.
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Create a new Alert Rule without an action
Why it's wrong here
This notifies but does not remediate.
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Change the IAM role of the Prisma Cloud service account
Why it's wrong here
IAM roles provide permissions, they do not remediate resource misconfigurations.
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Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official Palo Alto Networks exam blueprint
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