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Cloud Workload Protection
Cloud Workload Protection covers securing hosts, containers, serverless, and IaC across the workload lifecycle using Prisma Cloud Compute. Questions present enterprise scenarios—CI/CD pipeline integration, registry scanning, vulnerability policies, and IaC misconfiguration detection—and ask you to select the correct configuration location, required steps, or policy criteria.
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Be able to place Prisma Cloud Compute scanning correctly across CI/CD, registries, and IaC, and define vulnerability policies using the right criteria. The key is knowing exactly where each integration is configured and which steps or criteria are required.
Integrating Prisma Cloud Compute scanning into GitLab CI/CD pipelines using required steps
Configuring scheduled image scanning for private JFrog Artifactory registries
Defining vulnerability management policy thresholds and rules for container images
Scanning IaC templates like Terraform in GitHub for insecure configurations
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Common Cloud Workload Protection exam traps
- ▸Confusing where registry integrations are configured versus where CI/CD scanner steps belong, leading to wrong integration location answers.
- ▸Selecting extra or missing steps for GitLab CI/CD integration when only two specific actions are required.
- ▸Treating all vulnerability criteria as valid policy thresholds instead of only the three supported rule criteria.
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A DevSecOps team is integrating Prisma Cloud Compute into their CI/CD pipeline. They want the pipeline to fail automatically when a container image contains a vulnerability with a severity of critical and a fix is available, before the image is pushed to production. Which TWO actions must the team take to achieve this? (Choose two.)
Medium2Which TWO actions can a Prisma Cloud Host Defender perform when installed on a Linux virtual machine? Select the two correct answers.
Medium3Which TWO features are provided by Prisma Cloud Web Application and API Security (WAAS) for containerized applications? Select the two correct answers.
Medium4A security analyst notices that Prisma Cloud is generating numerous false-positive alerts for a custom internal binary flagged as malware during host scans. How can the analyst resolve this issue permanently across the environment?
Medium5Where in the Prisma Cloud Console can an administrator review compliance benchmark results (such as CIS benchmarks) for deployed container images and hosts?
Easy6During incident response, a security analyst notices that a Prisma Cloud Host Defender has generated an alert for an unknown binary execution, but the process was not blocked. What is the reason for this behavior?
Hard7Which THREE types of assets can be protected by Prisma Cloud Compute Workload Protection? (Choose three)
Medium8A Linux host running a Prisma Cloud Defender experiences high CPU usage originating from the defender process during a scheduled container image scan. How can an administrator mitigate this impact on production workloads?
Hard9An application running in a Kubernetes pod is attempting to make unauthorized outbound connections to a known command-and-control IP address. The Prisma Cloud Container Defender is deployed in the cluster. Which runtime defense rule should be configured to prevent this behavior?
Hard10During a vulnerability scan of a container image in the Prisma Cloud Console, a custom Python package installed via pip shows as unpatched, but the CVE has a fixed version available. Why might Prisma Cloud still report the vulnerability as unresolved?
Hard11A financial services company runs Prisma Cloud Compute Defenders on Linux hosts. An auditor requires that any file integrity change to /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow on production hosts be detected and reported to the Console within minutes. The security team must configure this without installing third-party agents. Which Prisma Cloud Compute feature should the team use?
Hard12An application running in an AWS Lambda function requires protection against serverless-specific attacks, such as injection and event payload manipulation. Which Prisma Cloud component should be integrated?
Medium13A cloud security engineer is reviewing the compliance posture of container workloads running in a Kubernetes cluster. The engineer needs to identify which containers are violating the CIS Kubernetes Benchmark and requires a centralized view of all findings. Which Prisma Cloud Compute feature should the engineer use?
Easy14A security engineer needs to ensure that all container workloads deployed in a Kubernetes cluster are continuously monitored for runtime threats such as reverse shells, crypto-mining processes, and unexpected file system modifications. The cluster nodes run a minimal Linux OS and the engineer wants to avoid installing agents directly on each node. Which Prisma Cloud Compute component should be deployed to meet this requirement?
Medium15An administrator is troubleshooting why a Prisma Cloud Serverless Defender deployed on AWS Lambda is not reporting runtime telemetry. Which THREE factors must be verified? Select the three correct answers.
Hard16Which TWO actions can be performed by the Prisma Cloud Container Runtime Defense module when a security anomaly is detected? (Choose two)
Hard17A security engineer is hardening a Kubernetes cluster protected by Prisma Cloud Compute. The organization wants to prevent any container from launching with elevated capabilities such as SYS_ADMIN, and wants the Defender to actively block the container at admission time rather than only generating an alert. Which Prisma Cloud Compute capability should the engineer configure to meet this requirement?
Medium18Which THREE actions can Prisma Cloud take when a container runtime rule detects a high-severity security violation (such as a blocked process or forbidden network connection)? Select the three correct answers.
Hard19A security engineer is troubleshooting a Web Application and API Security (WAAS) rule that is not inspecting HTTPS traffic flowing into a Kubernetes Ingress controller. What is the most likely cause?
Medium20A container running inside a Kubernetes cluster was compromised, and the attacker attempted to modify the host's kernel parameters using sysctl. Which Prisma Cloud feature detects and prevents this action?
Hard21Which TWO methods can be used to scan infrastructure-as-code (IaC) templates using Prisma Cloud before deployment? Select the two correct answers.
Medium22A cloud security engineer needs to deploy Prisma Cloud defenders on a Kubernetes cluster. Which method provides the most automated deployment mechanism managed via the Kubernetes control plane?
Easy23Which TWO steps are required to integrate Prisma Cloud Compute scanning into a GitLab CI/CD pipeline? Select the two correct answers.
Medium24A security team wants to block high-severity Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) from being deployed into production clusters via CI/CD pipelines. Where should this policy be enforced using Prisma Cloud?
Medium25A cloud security engineer is reviewing the Prisma Cloud Compute Console and notices that a container image deployed in a Kubernetes cluster has a high number of vulnerabilities. The engineer wants to see which specific packages are affected and their severity levels. Which Console feature should the engineer use?
Easy26An engineer needs to prevent unauthorized processes from executing inside a protected Kubernetes cluster namespace. Which Prisma Cloud feature should be configured?
Easy27An administrator needs to automatically scan container images as soon as they are built in a Jenkins CI/CD pipeline before pushing them to a registry. What tool should be integrated into Jenkins?
Easy28A security engineer notices that a Prisma Cloud Host Defender running on an Ubuntu virtual machine is reporting container runtime events, but host-level file integrity monitoring (FIM) alerts are not generating. Where should the engineer check to enable FIM?
Medium29A Kubernetes administrator notices that a Prisma Cloud Defender deployed as a DaemonSet is reporting high resource utilization on worker nodes. Which configuration setting in the Prisma Cloud Console can the administrator adjust to optimize resource consumption?
Hard30An organization runs sensitive workloads on Google Cloud Run. They need to protect these serverless container services against known vulnerabilities and runtime attacks. Which Prisma Cloud Defender architecture supports Cloud Run?
Hard31A container running a legacy web application is subjected to a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack and application-layer vulnerability exploitation. The security team wants to block Layer 7 attacks while allowing legitimate HTTP traffic. Which Prisma Cloud feature should be deployed?
Medium32An enterprise uses Prisma Cloud Compute to scan Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates in a GitHub repository before deployment. A Terraform script containing an insecure container security configuration is flagged. What tool and workflow were used?
Hard33A developer pushes a container image to a private registry, but Prisma Cloud fails to scan it. The registry uses self-signed SSL certificates. What action must the administrator take in the Prisma Cloud Console?
Medium34An administrator is configuring Prisma Cloud Container Registry Scanning. Which THREE registry types are natively supported for automated scanning by Prisma Cloud? Select the three correct answers.
Hard35An administrator needs to scan container images stored in an Azure Container Registry (ACR) without deploying them to a running cluster. Which Prisma Cloud feature accomplishes this?
Easy36A security team is using Prisma Cloud Compute to protect a Kubernetes cluster. They want to implement runtime defense policies that detect and block suspicious process executions inside containers. Which TWO actions can the Defender perform when a runtime policy is triggered? (Choose two.)
Hard37When deploying Prisma Cloud Defenders in a secure Kubernetes cluster, which THREE configuration best practices should an administrator follow? Select the three correct answers.
Hard38When configuring vulnerability management policies in Prisma Cloud Compute for container images, which THREE criteria can be used to define vulnerability thresholds and rules? (Choose three)
Hard39An auditor requests a report showing all open vulnerabilities across all active container registries connected to Prisma Cloud. Where can this report be generated?
Easy40Which TWO mechanisms are used by Prisma Cloud to identify vulnerabilities in container images? Select the two correct answers.
Medium41An administrator wants to view a visual map of all container services, hosts, and incoming network connections across their cloud environment in real time. Which Prisma Cloud Compute view provides this?
Easy42An enterprise wants to scan container images stored in a private JFrog Artifactory registry automatically on a schedule using Prisma Cloud Compute. Where should this integration be configured?
Medium43An administrator needs to check the health status and connectivity of all deployed Prisma Cloud Defenders across multiple cloud environments. Where should they look in the console?
Easy44An administrator wants to secure container runtimes against zero-day exploits and unauthorized file modifications. Which THREE runtime defense capabilities should be enabled in Prisma Cloud? Select the three correct answers.
Hard45An application team is deploying serverless functions on Azure Functions. They need to protect the functions against injection attacks and runtime tampering using Prisma Cloud. Which deployment step is required?
Hard46A security engineer is reviewing container image scan results in Prisma Cloud and notices that a base image vulnerability is marked as 'Not Applicable'. What does this status indicate?
Medium47An organization wants to ensure that no containers run with root privileges in their Amazon ECS clusters. Which Prisma Cloud policy type should be used to enforce this at runtime?
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- What does the Cloud Workload Protection domain cover on the Cloud-Security-Engineer exam?
- Be able to place Prisma Cloud Compute scanning correctly across CI/CD, registries, and IaC, and define vulnerability policies using the right criteria. The key is knowing exactly where each integration is configured and which steps or criteria are required.
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- This page lists all 47 Cloud Workload Protection questions in the Cloud-Security-Engineer question bank. The actual exam draws from this domain proportionally to its weighting in the official exam blueprint.
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