Patent ID: 9104859
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for scanning data stored on cloud computing platforms, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: identifying a cloud computing service that hosts a plurality of cloud computing instances and a plurality of data volumes that store data for the plurality of cloud computing instances; determining that a data volume within the plurality of data volumes that stores data for a cloud computing instance within the plurality of cloud computing instances is subject to a security scan; identifying at least one of an owner of the data volume and an owner of the cloud computing instance; prioritizing the security scan on the data volume over a security scan on an additional data volume within the plurality of data volumes based on at least one of the owner of the data volume and the owner of the cloud computing instance; detecting a computing system that is external to the cloud computing instance; performing, based on the prioritization of the security scan on the data volume over the security scan on the additional data volume, the security scan on the data volume from the computing system that is external to the cloud computing instance instead of performing the security scan from within the cloud computing instance.