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10/06/2026 9:48 pm
TL;DR: Mobile application management software is presented as a way to secure apps on personal and corporate devices, but the article’s real value is in showing how access control, compliance enforcement, and lifecycle management shape the mobile app surface, according to Zluri. The governance lesson is broader: unmanaged app access is an identity problem, not just an endpoint problem.
NHIMG editorial — based on content published by Zluri: Miscellaneous Top 9 Mobile Application Management Software in 2026
By the numbers:
- 72% of organisations have experienced or suspect they have experienced a breach of non-human identities, 46% confirmed and 26% suspected.
- Only 44% of organisations have implemented any policies to manage their AI agents, despite 92% agreeing that governing AI agents is critical to enterprise security.
- Systems with least-privileged AI access had a 17% incident rate vs 76% for over-privileged systems.
Questions worth separating out
Q: How should IAM teams govern mobile application access in BYOD environments?
A: IAM teams should govern mobile app access as an entitlement problem, not just a device problem.
Q: Why do mobile apps create identity governance gaps?
A: Mobile apps create governance gaps when access is approved once and then left outside lifecycle processes.
Q: What do organisations get wrong about mobile application management?
A: Organisations often treat mobile application management as a device administration function.
Practitioner guidance
- Map mobile app approvals to identity policy Require each approved business app to have a named access owner, a usage condition, and a revocation trigger.
- Extend access reviews into the mobile app layer Add mobile app entitlements to quarterly access certification, including apps on personal devices and apps with data-sharing permissions.
- Separate app-layer controls from full-device control Use app-level restrictions for copy, paste, sync, and remote wipe where BYOD is in scope, so security teams can protect corporate data without claiming full ownership of the device.
What's in the full article
Zluri's full article covers the operational detail this post intentionally leaves for the source:
- Feature-by-feature comparison of the listed mobile application management tools and how they differ in deployment depth.
- Product-specific pros, cons, and user ratings for each platform, which are useful when narrowing an implementation shortlist.
- The article's full breakdown of app distribution, reporting, and device-management features across the nine tools.
- Vendor positioning details for teams that need to compare options before selecting a mobile app management stack.
👉 Read Zluri's roundup of top mobile application management software →
Mobile application management: what IAM teams should actually govern?
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12/06/2026 6:42 am
Mobile application management is really identity governance at the app layer. The article describes MAM as a way to control app access, app data, and compliance on personal and corporate devices. That is not an endpoint-only problem. It is a governance problem because every approved app becomes a policy decision about who may reach sensitive data, under what conditions, and with what residual rights. Practitioners should treat mobile app control as part of the access model, not as a separate tooling silo.
A few things that frame the scale:
- The average organisation believes more than 1 in 5 of their non-human identities are insufficiently secured, according to The 2024 ESG Report: Managing Non-Human Identities.
- Enterprises that have experienced a compromised NHI averaged 2.7 separate incidents in the past 12 months, which shows how quickly one identity failure can compound.
A question worth separating out:
Q: How do access reviews improve mobile application security?
A: Access reviews improve mobile application security when they cover app entitlements, not just user accounts. They help identify redundant, inactive, or over-broad app access, especially in BYOD and hybrid environments. Reviews are most effective when they trigger revocation and reapproval workflows instead of producing static audit records.
👉 Read our full editorial: Mobile app management is really identity governance in disguise
