Unified file system on air-gapped endpoints

1. A method for providing a unified file system on a virtually air-gapped endpoint that has at least a first virtual machine and a second virtual machine, the first virtual machine instantiating a first security zone and the second virtual machine instantiating a second security zone, comprising:

name mirroring folders and files within common folders across the first and second security zones by placing stub files and folders within the common folders of the second security zone that are linked to corresponding, respective files and folders within the common folders of the first security zone;

monitoring the first and second security zones instantiated on the virtually air-gapped endpoint to intercept at least one file system operation to access files on the first security zone;

determining if the detected file system operation triggers a display of a file system dialog window of the second security zone; and

when the file system dialog window of the second security zone is determined to be triggered,

preventing the display of a file system dialog window in the first security zone; and

displaying the file system dialog window of the second security zone in the second security zone so as to display at least one of the name mirrored folders and files of the first security zone.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determination if the detected file system operation triggers the display of the file system dialog window of the second security zone is based on at least a user interface (UX) policy.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the UX policy defines UX functions including file system operations allowed to be performed by a user of the virtually air-gapped endpoint in a corresponding security zone.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the file system operation causes displaying windows of applications executed in the first and second security zones on a same computer display of the virtually air-gapped endpoint.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first security zone is a personal security zone and the second security zone is a corporate security zone.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one file system operation includes at least any one of: save, save-as, and open.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

renaming at least frequently accessed folders on at least one of: the first security zone and the second security zone.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein displaying the file system dialog window in the second security zone, further comprises:

rendering a graphical user interface (GUI) window with the renamed frequently accessed folders in the second security zone.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the method is performed by a hypervisor of the virtually air-gapped endpoint, the hypervisor including an abstraction layer, at least one native hypervisor, an optimization module, and a security module.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for causing a processing circuitry to execute a process for performing user experience (UX) functions on a virtually air-gapped endpoint that has at least a first virtual machine and a second virtual machine, the first virtual machine instantiating a first security zone and the second virtual machine instantiating a second security zone, the process comprising:

name mirroring folders and files within common folders across the first and second security zones by placing stub files and folders within the common folders of the second security zone that are linked to corresponding, respective files and folders within the common folders of the first security zone;

monitoring the first and second security zones instantiated on the virtually air-gapped endpoint to intercept at least one file system operation to access files on the first security zone;

determining if the detected file system operation triggers a display of a file system dialog window of the second security zone; and

when the file system dialog window of the second security zone is determined to be triggered,

preventing the display of a file system dialog window in the first security zone; and

displaying the file system dialog window of the second security zone in the second security zone so as to display at least one of the name mirrored folders and files of the first security zone.

11. A computing system, comprising:

a network card interface;

a processing circuitry; and

a memory, the memory containing instructions that, when executed by the processing circuitry, configure the system to become a virtually air-gapped endpoint that has at least a first virtual machine and a second virtual machine, the first virtual machine instantiating a first security zone and the second virtual machine instantiating a second security zone, the instructions further configuring the processing circuitry to:

name mirror folders and files within common folders across the first and second security zones by placing stub files and folders within the common folders of the second security zone that are linked to corresponding, respective files and folders within the common folders of the first security zone;

monitor the first and second security zones instantiated on the virtually air-gapped endpoint to intercept at least one file system operation to access files on the first security zone;

determine if the detected file system operation triggers a display of a file system dialog window of the second security zone; and

when the file system dialog window of the second security zone is determined to be triggered,

prevent the display of a file system dialog window in the first security zone; and

display the file system dialog window of the second security zone in the second security zone so as to display at least one of the name mirrored folders and files of the first security zone.

12. The air-gapped computing system of claim 11 , wherein the determination if the detected file system operation triggers the display of the file system dialog window of the second security zone is based on at least a user interface (UX) policy.

13. The air-gapped computing system of claim 11 , wherein the UX policy defines UX functions including file system operations allowed to be performed by a user of the virtually air-gapped endpoint in a corresponding security zone.

14. The air-gapped computing system of claim 11 , wherein each of the file system operation causes displaying windows of applications executed in the first and second security zones on a same computer display of the virtually air-gapped endpoint.

15. The air-gapped computing system of claim 11 , wherein the first security zone is a personal security zone and the second security zone is a corporate security zone.

16. The air-gapped computing system of claim 11 , wherein the at least one file system operation includes at least any one of: save, save-as, and open.

17. The air-gapped computing system of claim 11 , wherein the system is further configured to:

rename at least frequently accessed folders on at least one of: the first security zone and the second security zone.

18. The air-gapped computing system of claim 17 , wherein the system is further configured to:

render a graphical user interface (GUI) window with the renamed frequently accessed folders in the second security zone.

19. The air-gapped computing system of claim 18 , wherein the virtually air-gapped endpoint includes a hypervisor, wherein the hypervisor includes an abstraction layer, at least one native hypervisor, an optimization module, and a security module.