What will happen when a Prisma Cloud Administrator has configured agentless scanning in an environment that also has Host and Container Defenders deployed?

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• AAgentless scan will automatically be disabled, so Defender scans are the only scans occurring.
• BAgentless scans do not conflict with Defender scans, so both will run.
• CDefender scans will automatically be disabled, so agentless scans are the only scans occurring.
• DBoth agentless and Defender scans will be disabled and an error message will be received.

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• B
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• C
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Explanation

Agentless scanning and Defender-based scanning are complementary, non-conflicting mechanisms in Prisma Cloud. Agentless scanning works by snapshotting cloud workloads without requiring an agent, while Defenders provide real-time runtime protection and deeper visibility from within the host or container. When both are configured, Prisma Cloud runs both scan types simultaneously. The results are correlated in the console to give administrators a unified view. Neither scan type automatically disables the other, and no error is generated. This dual-coverage model is actually a recommended practice for maximum security visibility.

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