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What is App Wrapping? A Way to Secure Your Mobile Applications

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Janet Scott
What is App Wrapping? A Way to Secure Your Mobile Applications

App wrapping is a mobile application management strategy that allows developers to add an extra layer of security to the applications. Adding this extra security layer does not bringing any change into core app functionality. The process is basically applying security policies to custom-build business apps. This helps to protect the business data without altering the look and the functionality of the application.

Once the app technology is decided, app wrappers are used to set the policies. This enables corporate employees to download an app safely from the internal store. Today, more and more companies are moving towards enterprise mobility management strategy in order to secure the corporate data. Adding security to corporate data is important as the crucial data may become the prey to the hackers actively looking for the loops in the mobile apps.

The Basics of Performing App Wrapping

The procedure of performing app wrapping successfully requires you to have a thorough knowledge of SDK of an app so that the admin can deploy an API through which the policies can be set. It further implies that the admin can have the control upon the app downloads meaning the admin can monitor who downloads the app.

 App wrapping can initially be applied during the internal software development or one can choose to add executable code via the SDK after the similar software has been purchased. App wrapping elements are available natively on EMM (enterprise mobility management) vendors such as VMware’s AirWatch. While other EMM vendors have claimed about their ability to add app wrapping virtually to any software.

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