System and method for hypervisor-based remediation and provisioning of a computer

A method comprising:

• a virtual software appliance (VSA) executing on a computer embedding a client-side certificate of an organization on said computer to identify said VSA with a known list of certificates, the computer configured so that a hypervisor is the controlling system of said computer, the computer having installed thereon a VSA of the organization;
• said computer identifying itself to said organization, receiving from computing environment of said organization encrypted organizational image;
• a program embedded in said VSA providing a trusted connection from said computer to said computing environment of said organization;
• providing image encryption keys from said organization to said VSA;
• and
• receiving from a user of said computer a passphrase to enable decryption of said organizational image.

A system comprising:

• an organizational computing environment;
• a communication network;
• and
• a remote computer, said computer comprising:
• processor to execute a virtual software appliance (VSA) for embedding a client-side certificate of an organization on said computer to identify said VSA with a known list of certificates,
• memory unit;
• input/output unit;
• and
• storage device,
• wherein the computer is configured so that a hypervisor is the controlling system of said computer, the computer having installed thereon a virtual software appliance (VSA) of the organization;
• said computer to receive from computing environment of said organization organizational image, to execute a program embedded in said VSA to provide a trusted connection from said computer to said computing environment of said organization.