A system and method for virtual hardware control includes accessing, by a controller, a first driver message from at least one hardware device driver for at least one hardware resource on a user device, the at least one hardware device driver located in a kernel space on an operating system of the user device, sending, by the controller, the first driver message to a first virtual device driver, the first virtual device driver located in the kernel space, and forwarding, by the first virtual device driver, the first driver message to a first virtual container, the first virtual container being a first user space that is outside the kernel space of the operating system.