Which service provides continuous security monitoring and compliance validation in the Palo Alto Networks platform?

The correct answer is Prisma Public Cloud. This service focuses on continuous security monitoring and compliance validation for cloud environments. It offers capabilities that help organizations manage security and compliance across multiple cloud resources by providing visibility, threat detection, and compliance checks. By integrating with existing cloud environments, Prisma Public Cloud continuously analyzes configurations, user activities, and network traffic to ensure that organizations meet compliance requirements and maintain a secure posture.

Cortex XDR primarily focuses on extended detection and response across endpoints, networks, and cloud, but it does not specifically emphasize continuous compliance monitoring to the same extent as Prisma Public Cloud. Prisma SaaS is aimed at securing software-as-a-service applications, primarily focusing on visibility and risk management for SaaS environments rather than holistic compliance validation. Panorama is a management tool for the configuration and monitoring of Palo Alto Networks firewalls, but it does not specifically provide ongoing compliance validation across cloud services.