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Mobile Application Management

What is Mobile Application Management?

Policies and tools for controlling and securing enterprise applications on mobile devices, including app distribution, configuration, and data protection.

Information Security

Frameworks that govern mobile application management

GDPRView framework →ISO 27001:2022View framework →CIS Controls v8View framework →

What the standards actually require on mobile application management

Requirements naming mobile application management across 2 standards, quoted from the control text.

NIST SP 800-124 Revision 2 - Guidelines for Managing the Security of Mobile Devices1 control

Manage applications on mobile devices including deployment, updates, configuration, and removal. Separate personal and enterprise applications.

MD124-TECH-04 · Mobile Application Management (MAM) →
HKMA TM-G-11 control

HKMA TM-G-1 Information Security Programme. Comprehensive technical + administrative + physical security controls. (1) INFORMATION SECURITY PROGRAMME (TM-G-1.6.1) - documented + Board-approved information security programme + governance + roles + ISMS-style al...

HKMA-TMG1-InfoSec-Access-PAM-Network-Crypto-DLP-Endpoint · TM-G-1 Information Security Programme + Access + PAM + Network + Crypto + DLP + Vulnerability + Endpoint →

Questions people ask about mobile application management

What is Mobile Application Management?
Policies and tools for controlling and securing enterprise applications on mobile devices, including app distribution, configuration, and data protection.
Why is Mobile Application Management important for compliance?
Mobile Application Management is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding mobile application management helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Mobile Application Management?
Mobile Application Management appears in the requirement text of NIST SP 800-124 Revision 2 - Guidelines for Managing the Security of Mobile Devices, HKMA TM-G-1. Across these standards we have identified 2 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Mobile Application Management?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how mobile application management applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.