Subscribe to Discovery and Exposure Management
You must perform the pre-requisite tasks to secure your exposed AWS assets before enabling the CDEM subscription on Prisma Cloud.
The pre-requisite tasks are applicable only to AWS. For Azure and GCP, you can skip to enable the CDEM subscription on Prisma Cloud.
Pre-requisites to Secure Exposed AWS Assets
To enable Cloud Discovery and Exposure Management (CDEM) to convert the unmanaged (shadow IT) to managed (secure) AWS assets, you must configure your AWS Organization account as follows:
Create an Inline Policy
Select IAM > Roles in the AWS Management Console.
Locate and select the desired IAM role created while onboarding your AWS Organization account to Prisma Cloud, then attach the custom inline policy. Click the role’s name to access its details.
Within the role details page, navigate to the Permissions tab.
Select Add permissions > Create Inline policy.

Select the JSON tab and paste the following code snippet and then Next.
{ "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Sid": "CrossAccountRoleForAWSNetworkQueryTool", "Effect": "Allow", "Action": "sts:AssumeRole", "Resource": "arn:aws:iam::*:role/CrossAccountRoleForAWSNetworkQueryTool" } ] }Enter Policy name and select Create Policy.

Create Stack Set for Member Accounts
Download the CloudFormation member template.
Open the AWS Management Console and select Services > CloudFormation > StackSets > Create StackSet for the member account.
Upload the template file and select Next.

Enter a StackSet Name and optional StackSet Description.
Under Parameters:
The value for CrossAccountRoleName will be automatically filled. Do not edit the automatically populated value.
Enter the organization account ID value for ManagementAccountNumber.

For Execution configuration, choose Active or Inactive. For faster deployment, select Active.
Under Add stacks to stack set, select Deploy new stacks option.
Under Deployment targets, select the Deploy to organization option.
In Auto-deployment Options:
Choose Activated for Automatic deployment.
Select Delete Stacks for Account removal behavior.

In Specify regions, select a single region from the list. Ensure that the region is enabled on all accounts in your AWS Organization. If you select a disabled region, the template will fail with errors because it cannot deploy resources within that region.
In Deployment Options:
Set Maximum concurrent accounts to 1.
Set Failure tolerance to 0.
Keep the default option of Sequential under Region Concurrency.

Select Next and review the configuration.
Select I acknowledge that AWS CloudFormation might create IAM resources with custom names and Submit.
The StackSet creation process begins. Wait for the status to show "SUCCEEDED".
After completion, stacks are created for all the member accounts linked to the master account and listed under Stack instances in the AWS Management Console.

Enable Discovery and Exposure Management Subscription
You can enable the Discovery and Exposure Management subscription as follows:
Option 1: Navigate to your profile, select View Subscriptions.
Select Subscribe to enable your Discovery and Exposure Management subscription.
Verify if your DUNS number and the associated Domains are correct.
(tt:[NOTE]) Ensure your DUNS number and associated domains are accurate. Confirm all the domains required for monitoring are available in the Domain field. You can manually enter details if the fields are not automatically populated (missing details) or to add more information. CDEM uses the details in the DUNS and Domain fields to scan for internet-exposed resources.
Select Agree and Submit to activate the subscription.

Option 2: Navigate to Adoption Advisor and follow the instructions to enable Discovery and Exposure Management (CDEM).

Once the subscription is enabled, you will receive a 30-day trial. You will receive three email notifications during the trial period indicating the upcoming trial expiry and how to continue with your subscription. After the trial period ends, it automatically converts to a paid subscription and utilizes credits to maintain access to the service.
Alternatively, you can also subscribe directly to the paid version of CDEM during the trial period.
(tt:[NOTE]) When you subscribe to the paid version of CDEM, you will be charged 25% of the credits consumed for CSPM (Visibility, Compliance, and Governance). For example, if Prisma Cloud monitors 800 VMs, then 200 credits will be charged. If the VM count is less than 400, a flat charge of 100 credits will be applied.
If you choose to unsubscribe from the paid version, a flat charge of 100 credits will be applied for a period of 12 months from the date you subscribe.
Upon subscription, Prisma Cloud initiates scans across the internet to identify your digital footprint.
(tt:[NOTE]) The initial scanning process may take a few hours to complete, up to 24 hours depending on your cloud setup. After this, subsequent scans will happen automatically every 2 hours, ensuring your information is up-to-date.
Once the initial data on your internet-exposed unmanaged (shadow IT) assets are available on Prisma Cloud, you will receive an email notification to your inbox. Select View Dashboard in the email to log into Prisma Cloud and access the Discovery and Exposure Management (CDEM) dashboard to view detailed information about your attack surface.

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