Unikernel based execution of software applications to facilitate regulatory compliance

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• determining that a software application associated with a computing system satisfies encapsulation criteria of the computing system, the software application further being associated with a regulatory standard issued by a standard-setting organization;
• identifying a minimum set of dependencies for executing the software application on the computing system;
• generating a unikernel comprising the software application and the minimum set of dependencies;
• and
• deploying the unikernel on the computing system to facilitate execution of the software application on the computing system and compliance of the software application with the regulatory standard.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program code executable by a processing device for causing the processing device to perform operations comprising:

• determining that a software application associated with a computing system satisfies encapsulation criteria of the computing system, the software application further being associated with a regulatory standard issued by a standard-setting organization;
• identifying a minimum set of dependencies for executing the software application on the computing system;
• generating a unikernel comprising the software application and the minimum set of dependencies;
• and
• deploying the unikernel on the computing system to facilitate execution of the software application on the computing system and compliance of the software application with the regulatory standard.