A method comprising: receiving a request for resources that are one of web content and a cloud application from a user device ; determining the request requires isolation based on any of policy, category of the web content, type of the user device , and location of the user device ; in response to the request for resources being for the web content that requires isolation, rendering the web content associated with the request in a cloud based secure environment that is isolated from the user device and providing image content to the user device based on the web content rendered, the image content based on the web content rendered being graphics files including passive, safe pixels: in response to the request for resources being the cloud application that requires isolation and the user device is one or more of i) located outside an enterprise's network and ii) a non-enterprise device, providing the cloud application in isolation and providing image content to the user device based on data from the cloud application , the image content based on the data from the cloud application being graphics files including passive, safe pixels; and characterized in taking one or more snapshots at regular intervals and before a logout event of a user, the one or more snapshots including cookies and user-related information associated with the isolation session. receiving a request for resources that are one of web content and a cloud application from a user device ; determining the request requires isolation based on any of policy, category of the web content, type of the user device , and location of the user device ; in response to the request for resources being for the web content that requires isolation, rendering the web content associated with the request in a cloud based secure environment that is isolated from the user device and providing image content to the user device based on the web content rendered, the image content based on the web content rendered being graphics files including passive, safe pixels: in response to the request for resources being the cloud application that requires isolation and the user device is one or more of i) located outside an enterprise's network and ii) a non-enterprise device, providing the cloud application in isolation and providing image content to the user device based on data from the cloud application , the image content based on the data from the cloud application being graphics files including passive, safe pixels; and characterized in taking one or more snapshots at regular intervals and before a logout event of a user, the one or more snapshots including cookies and user-related information associated with the isolation session. in response to the request for resources being the cloud application that requires isolation and the user device is one or more of i) located outside an enterprise's network and ii) a non-enterprise device, providing the cloud application in isolation and providing image content to the user device based on data from the cloud application , the image content based on the data from the cloud application being graphics files including passive, safe pixels; and characterized in taking one or more snapshots at regular intervals and before a logout event of a user, the one or more snapshots including cookies and user-related information associated with the isolation session. <EOS>