Cybersecurity-Apprentice Cloud Security Practice Question
A security analyst is reviewing compliance posture using Prisma Cloud Compute and needs to secure cloud workloads. According to the shared responsibility model for a containerized application running on AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), who is responsible for patching the container OS base image?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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The customer application development team
When deploying containers, the base image and application dependencies are managed by the customer, whereas the underlying node OS and cluster control plane are managed by the cloud provider or shared.
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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The Linux Foundation
Why it's wrong here
The Linux Foundation maintains the kernel but does not patch container images.
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Amazon Web Services
Why it's wrong here
AWS manages the EKS control plane and underlying worker node hypervisors, but not the user-selected container base images.
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Prisma Cloud Defender daemonset
Why it's wrong here
Prisma Cloud provides vulnerability scanning and runtime defense, but does not patch or own the application base images.
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The customer application development team
Why this is correct
The customer is responsible for the container images, application code, and libraries packaged inside the container.
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Last reviewed August 2026 · checked against the official Palo Alto Networks exam blueprint
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