OPPORTUNISTIC SYSTEM SCANNING

Opportunistic scans can be performed by identifying, using at least one processing device, a detection of a particular computing device on a network of a computing environment. At least one scan to be performed on the detected particular computing device can be is identified and a particular scan engine, in a plurality of scan engines, is identified that is adapted to perform the at least one scan. The at least one scan is caused to be performed on the detected particular computing device while the detected particular computing device is on the network using the particular scan engine.