A cloud provider API, as used herein, may refer to any application program interface that allows the end user to interact with a cloud provider's service. Workloads, as used herein, may refer to devices in a network. By way of example, workloads may include systems, devices, resources in a cloud infrastructure. By way of example, FIG. 1 illustrates examples of a workload, such as virtual machines 107A-107D, databases 109A-109D, storage 111A-111D, keystores 113A-113D, or load balancer 115. In some embodiments, scanning system 101 of FIG. 1 may perform a scanning operation on any workload (e.g., systems, devices, resources, etc.) in cloud infrastructure 106.
In some embodiments, scanning system 101 of FIG. 1 may use an API to detect workloads such as virtual machines 107A-107D, databases 109A-109D, storage 111A-111D, keystores 113A-113D, and load balancer 115 in the source account. In some embodiments, workloads may exist as virtual machines, while in other embodiments, workloads may exist as discrete, physical devices. For example, in some embodiments, a layer 3 routing system could be implemented as a physical device (e.g., a router or switch) or a virtual device (e.g., a routing system instantiated as a virtual device on a computer).
