Palo Alto Networks Certified Cloud Security Engineer (PCCSE)Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)Easy
A large enterprise uses Prisma Cloud for comprehensive cloud security posture management across its multi-cloud environment. They need to ensure that all newly provisioned cloud resources automatically fall under Prisma Cloud's monitoring and policy enforcement without manual intervention for each new resource. Which Prisma Cloud feature directly addresses this requirement?
- ACompliance Policies
- BAlert Management
- CAsset Inventory
- DCloud Account Onboarding
Show answer & explanationAnswer & explanation
Correct answer: C. Asset Inventory
Prisma Cloud's Asset Inventory continuously discovers and catalogs all resources across onboarded cloud accounts. This automatic discovery is fundamental to ensuring that new resources are immediately visible and subject to policy evaluation.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Compliance Policies define security rules, but rely on the Asset Inventory to know which resources to evaluate.
- B. Alert Management is for handling security alerts generated by policies, not for initial resource discovery.
- D. Cloud Account Onboarding connects the cloud environment to Prisma Cloud, but Asset Inventory is the feature that then discovers resources within that account.
Prisma Cloud Asset Inventory
A feature that continuously discovers, catalogs, and monitors all cloud resources across integrated cloud environments.
- Automates resource discovery.
- Provides a unified view of all cloud assets.
- Feeds data to policies and other security features.
Memory trick: Assets are the foundation, inventory is the map.