According to one of its founders, Simon Crosby, isolating functions and establishing a trusted core to hardware systems can create public cloud environments able to meet the scrutiny of regulators concerned about the safety of data.

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Because Bromium is still in stealth mode, Crosby is purposely vague about some of this, but he does indicate that the technology exists to package secure systems that can be deployed within public networks and that can assure customers that privacy of data will be maintained.

Network World Senior Editor Tim Greene recently talked to Crosby about this. Here is an edited transcript of that conversation.

How do you feel about leaving behind dealing with Xen day-to-day?