Defenders

Question 1

What are defenders?

Answer 1

agents that are deployed to a CI/CD pipeline and deployed workloads

Question 2

How many defenders are needed to be deployed to implement all of the security features in Compute on that asset?

Answer 2

only one

Question 3

What functionalities does a defender provide?

Answer 3

1. vulnerability management
2. compliance
3. firewall
4. runtime defense
5. retrieve policies and enforce vulnerability and compliance blocking rules in the environments where they are deployed
6. send data back to the Workload Protection tab within the Prisma Cloud administrative console.

Question 4

How do all Defenders, regardless of type, connect back to the console?

Answer 4

using WebSocket over port 8084

Question 5

How is it ensured that that Defenders remain compatible with Console with each release?

Answer 5

The automatic upgrade function for Defenders is always turned ON.

Question 6

How are upgrades conducted in case of Compute edition?

Answer 6

When an upgrade is available, customers are notified via the bell icon in Console.
Clicking on the bell icon directs you to the latest software download.

Question 7

When upgrading Defenders, what shuld be upgraded first, the Console or Defender itself?

Answer 7

The Console