ENABLING RESOURCE ACCESS FOR SECURE APPLICATION CONTAINERS

Embodiments of the disclosure enable resource access for secure application containers. In accordance with one embodiment, a method is provided that comprises identifying a tracing wrapper for an application to be executed by a process. The tracing wrapper to track an event associated with an interaction of the application with one or more system resources. An instance of the application is executed by the process using an application account having access to the system resources. A first system resource of the system resources is determined to be used by the application in view of the tracing wrapper. The application is then copied to a secure container to be executed by the process using a container account of the secure container. The secure container is isolated from access to the one or more system resources. Thereupon, the container account is provided access to the first system resource.