System, method and computer program product for scanning and indexing data for different purposes
View Patent ↗A system, method and computer program product are provided for scanning and indexing data for different purposes. Included is a universal engine operable to scan and index data stored in at least one device, for a plurality of different purposes. Further provided is at least one application for controlling the universal engine to perform the scanning and indexing for at least one of the different purposes.
1. A system, comprising:
a processor and a memory;
a universal engine configured to scan and index data stored in at least one device, for a plurality of different purposes; and
a plurality of applications configured to control the universal engine for performing the scanning and indexing for a respective one of the plurality of purposes, where an agent is provisioned on the at least one device and configured to:
receive a policy via a network from a management console;
control the scanning and indexing performed by the universal engine based on the policy;
perform an action based on a result of the scanning and the indexing that includes, at least, storing results of the scanning and the indexing; and
communicate heuristics from the at least one device via the network to the management console, which is configured to dynamically configure policies based on the heuristics via a feedback loop, wherein the heuristics include information regarding an amount of processing or communication resources available at the at least one device and a schedule of resource availability.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein instances of the universal engine are provisioned at a plurality of devices and the instances are configured to scan and index data stored in the plurality of devices.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the policy includes signatures to be applied to the data.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the action includes storing the results in a local database.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein an aspect of at least one of the scanning, the indexing, and the action is controlled based on a the policy.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the policy is received via a wireless network.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the policy is configured based, at least in part, on additional heuristics provided by a plurality of devices.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein a copy of the results is stored in a remote database.
9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the heuristics are aggregated to additional heuristics received from a plurality of devices.
10. The system of claim 5 , wherein the aspect involves at least one of a priority and a sequence of at least one of the scanning, the indexing, and the action.
11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the results of the scanning and indexing are provided to an inference engine configured to process the results for presentation to a user.
12. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the results of the scanning and indexing is stored at a central server connected to the at least one device via the network.
13. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the results of the scanning and indexing is stored at a plurality of regional servers connected to the at least one device via the network.
14. The system of claim 1 , wherein a location where at least a portion of the results of the scanning and indexing is stored is controlled by the management console.
15. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of purposes include a selected one of a group of purposes, the group consisting of: a corporate governance purpose, a data loss prevention purpose, a risk management purpose, a legal purpose, a digital rights management purpose, a data classification purpose, and a search purpose.
16. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium for performing operations, comprising:
scanning and indexing data, stored in at least one device, for a plurality of different purposes; and
controlling the scanning and indexing for at least one of the different purposes, where an agent is provisioned on the at least one device and configured to:
receive a policy via a network from a management console;
control the scanning and indexing based on the policy;
perform an action based on a result of the scanning and the indexing that includes, at least, storing results of the scanning and the indexing; and
communicate heuristics from the at least one device via the network to the management console, which is configured to dynamically configure policies based on the heuristics via a feedback loop, wherein the heuristics include information regarding an amount of processing or communication resources available at the at least one device and a schedule of resource availability.
17. A method, comprising:
scanning and indexing data, stored in at least one device, for a plurality of different purposes;
controlling the scanning and indexing for at least one of the different purposes, where an agent is provisioned on the at least one device and configured to:
receive a policy via a network from a management console;
control the scanning and indexing based on the policy;
perform an action based on a result of the scanning and the indexing that includes, at least, storing results of the scanning and the indexing; and
communicate heuristics from the at least one device via the network to the management console, which is configured to dynamically configure policies based on the heuristics via a feedback loop, wherein the heuristics include information regarding an amount of processing or communication resources available at the at least one device and a schedule of resource availability.