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Cortex cloud architecture diagram

asharma160 — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 09:18:43 GMT

Can someone please help me with a detailed architecture diagram of cortex cloud as we have in Prisma cloud solution stack.

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Re: Cortex cloud architecture diagram

susekar — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 14:05:14 GMT

Hello @asharma160 ,

Greetings for the day!

Cortex Cloud is a specialized suite of features within the Cortex Unified Platform (XSIAM and Cortex XDR) that integrates functionalities previously found in the Prisma Cloud solution stack.

Its architecture is designed around three primary layers: the Sensor Layer, the Storage Layer (Cortex Data Lake), and the Application Layer.

High-Level Platform Architecture:

The Cortex Cloud architecture follows the Unified Platform model:
* Sensor Layer: Collects data from cloud provider APIs (AWS, Azure, GCP), the Cortex XDR Agent for Cloud, and other sensors like NGFWs or Prisma Access.
* Storage Layer (Cortex Data Lake): A GCP-hosted storage environment where all raw logs (cloud audit logs, configuration data, workload telemetry) are stored and correlated.
* Application Layer: Where analysis occurs, including Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), Cloud Workload Protection (CWP), and Kubernetes Security Posture Management (KSPM).

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S. Subashkar Sekar

Re: Cortex cloud architecture diagram

GabeColonaco — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 17:35:07 GMT

Is there documentation with a deeper overview of the Cortex XDR agent the way that there is one for prisma clouds defender agent?

Re: Cortex cloud architecture diagram

asharma160 — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:21:12 GMT

Hello @susekar ,

Thank you for explanation, this is help full.
However, can you help us with a documentation or diagram for the architecture and working details just like we have for Prisma cloud solution stack? https://docs.prismacloud.io/en/enterprise-edition/content-collections/get-started/prisma-cloud-platform