A user equipment, UE, comprising: a processor ; a transceiver ; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor , control the processor to: receive , through the transceiver and from a remote system , a communication request to communicate with the remote system , the communication request indicating that the remote system requires the application for processing the communication request must be executed within an isolated virtual machine instance; instantiate , in response to receiving the communication request, a UE virtual machine instance on the UE , the UE virtual machine instance being hashed with a root certificate when the UE virtual machine instance is instantiated, the root certificate certifying underlying hardware of the UE virtual machine instance; execute, on the UE virtual machine instance, an application for processing the communication request; transmit , through the transceiver and to an attestation server , the root certificate to attest to the execution of the application within the UE virtual machine instance; establish a communication link between the application and the remote system ; and communicate, via the transceiver, with the remote system across the communication link. a processor ; a transceiver ; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor , control the processor to: receive , through the transceiver and from a remote system , a communication request to communicate with the remote system , the communication request indicating that the remote system requires the application for processing the communication request must be executed within an isolated virtual machine instance; instantiate , in response to receiving the communication request, a UE virtual machine instance on the UE , the UE virtual machine instance being hashed with a root certificate when the UE virtual machine instance is instantiated, the root certificate certifying underlying hardware of the UE virtual machine instance; execute, on the UE virtual machine instance, an application for processing the communication request; transmit , through the transceiver and to an attestation server , the root certificate to attest to the execution of the application within the UE virtual machine instance; establish a communication link between the application and the remote system ; and communicate, via the transceiver, with the remote system across the communication link. receive , through the transceiver and from a remote system , a communication request to communicate with the remote system , the communication request indicating that the remote system requires the application for processing the communication request must be executed within an isolated virtual machine instance; instantiate , in response to receiving the communication request, a UE virtual machine instance on the UE , the UE virtual machine instance being hashed with a root certificate when the UE virtual machine instance is instantiated, the root certificate certifying underlying hardware of the UE virtual machine instance; execute, on the UE virtual machine instance, an application for processing the communication request; transmit , through the transceiver and to an attestation server , the root certificate to attest to the execution of the application within the UE virtual machine instance; establish a communication link between the application and the remote system ; and communicate, via the transceiver, with the remote system across the communication link. <EOS>