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    8. Deploy Serverless Defender as a Lambda Layer

    Deploy Serverless Defender as a Lambda Layer

    Prisma Cloud Serverless Defenders protect serverless functions at runtime. Currently, Prisma Cloud supports AWS Lambda functions.
    Lambda layers are ZIP archives that contain libraries, custom runtimes, or other dependencies. Layers let you add reusable components to your functions, and focus deployment packages on business logic. They are extracted to the /opt directory in the function execution environment. For more information, see the AWS Lambda layers documentation.
    Prisma Cloud delivers Serverless Defender as a Lambda layer. Deploy Serverless Defender to your function by wrapping the handler and setting an environment variable. See system requirements for the runtimes that are supported for Serverless Defender as a Lambda layer.

    Securing serverless functions

    To secure an AWS Lambda function with the Serverless Defender layer:
    1. Download the Serverless Defender Lambda layer ZIP file.
    2. Upload the layer to AWS.
    3. Define a serverless protection runtime policy.
    4. Define a serverless WAAS policy.
    5. Add the layer to your function, update the handler, and set an environment variable. After completing this integration, Serverless Defender runs when your function is invoked.

    Download the Serverless Defender layer

    Download the Serverless Defender layer from Compute Console.
    1. Open Console, then go to
      Manage > Defenders > Deploy> Defenders > Single Defender
      .
    2. Choose the DNS name or IP address that Serverless Defender uses to connect to Console.
    3. Set the Defender type to
      Serverless Defender
      .
    4. Select a runtime.
      Prisma Cloud supports Lambda layers for
      Node.js
      ,
      Python
      , and
      Ruby
       only.
    5. For
      Deployment Type
      , select
      Layer
      .
    6. Download the Serverless Defender layer. A ZIP file is downloaded to your host.

    Upload the Serverless Defender layer to AWS

    Add the layer to the AWS Lambda service as a resource available to all functions.
    1. In the AWS Management Console, go to the Lambda service.
    2. Select
      Layers > Create Layer
      .
    3. In
      Name
      , enter
      twistlock
      .
    4. Click
      Upload
      , and select the file you just downloaded, twistlock_defender_layer.zip
      1. Select the compatible runtimes:
        Python
        ,
        Node.js
        , or
        Ruby
        .
      2. Click
        Create
        .

    Defining your runtime protection policy

    By default, Prisma Cloud ships with an empty serverless runtime policy. An empty policy disables runtime defense entirely.
    You can enable runtime defense by creating a rule. By default, new rules:
    • Apply to all functions (*), but you can target them to specific functions by function name.
    • Block all processes from running except the main process. This protects against command injection attacks.
    When functions are invoked, they connect to Compute Console and retrieve the latest policy. To ensure that functions start executing at time=0 with your custom policy, you must predefine the policy. Predefined policy is embedded into your function along with the Serverless Defender by way of the TW_POLICY environment variable.
    1. Log into Prisma Cloud Console.
    2. Go to
      Defend > Runtime > Serverless Policy
      .
    3. Click
      Add rule
      .
    4. In the
      General
       tab, enter a rule name.
    5. (Optional) Target the rule to specific functions.
    6. Set the rule parameters in the
      Processes
      ,
      Networking
      , and
      File System
       tabs.
    7. Click
      Save
      .

    Defining your serverless WAAS policy

    Prisma Cloud lets you protect your serverless functions against application layer attacks by utlizing the serverless Web Application and API Security (WAAS).
    By default, the serverless WAAS is disabled. To enable it, add a new serverless WAAS rule.
    1. Log into Prisma Cloud Console.
    2. Go to
      Defend > WAAS > Serverless
      .
    3. Click
      Add rule
      .
    4. In the
      General
       tab, enter a rule name.
    5. (Optional) Target the rule to specific functions.
    6. Set the protections you want to apply (
      SQLi
      ,
      CMDi
      ,
      Code inj