Systems and methods for discovery, classification, and indexing of data in a native computing system

A method comprising:

• deploying, by an external-facing subsystem of a target computing system, executable code to one or more computing devices of the target computing system having access to data at a plurality of data sources of the target computing system to perform scanning and classification operations at the plurality of data sources;
• generating, by the external-facing subsystem, a job schedule comprising a plurality of jobs corresponding to a plurality of data items at the plurality of data sources;
• causing, by the external-facing subsystem, the one or more computing devices of the target computing system to execute the executable code to scan the plurality of data sources for target data according to the plurality of jobs of the job schedule;
• causing, by the external-facing subsystem, the one or more computing devices of the target computing system to execute the executable code to generate classifications of data types for the target data at the plurality of data sources;
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• responsive to scanning and classifying the target data stored on the plurality of data sources, generating and storing metadata for the plurality of data sources, the metadata indicating types of the target data and storage locations of the target data at the plurality of data sources.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by computing hardware of an external-facing subsystem of a target computing system, cause the computing hardware to:

• deploy executable code to one or more computing devices of the target computing system having access to data at a plurality of data sources of the target computing system to perform scanning and classification operations at the plurality of data sources;
• cause the one or more computing devices of the target computing system to execute the executable code to scan the plurality of data sources for target data;
• cause the one or more computing devices of the target computing system to execute the executable code to generate classifications of data types for the target data at the plurality of data sources;
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• responsive to scanning and classifying the target data stored on the plurality of data sources, generate and store, for data source of the plurality of data sources, metadata indicating types and storage locations of the target data at the data source of the plurality of data sources.