Abstract: Methods and systems implement computing systems configured to trigger a volatile memory scan based on execution of computer-executable instructions, and to downselect scope of a volatile memory scan. Such techniques for triggering scans are sufficiently selective to avoid volatile memory scans for each and every running process, or vast majority of running processes. Moreover, volatile memory scans are triggered responsively after the computer-executable instructions are run, so that target processes to be scanned have not yet terminated at the time of the volatile memory scan. Additionally, a variety of techniques are implemented to minimize the volatile memory scans adversely impacting computational performance of the computing system.