The Gartner® “Enable BYOD and BYOPC Securely” report, published October 23, 2025, states, “Integrate stand-alone mobile app risk intelligence with UEM to provide a finer filter for applications based on their components. This allows for a remediation loop when apps with a particular characteristic (e.g., third-party library, geographic IP-range communications) are detected.”

The mobile threat landscape is evolving faster than ever. While MTD remains an important tool for detecting device-level threats, it cannot address the full spectrum of app-level risks. See how mobile app vetting fills the security gaps of MTD.

As per Gartner, “This Hype Cycle tracks the maturity and adoption of processes and technologies that can help organizations advance their application security programs.” This report includes a category named Mobile application security testing (AST) in which Quokka is listed as a sample vendor for the fourth year in a row.

Most federal mobile security strategies stop at device management—leaving a dangerous blind spot for data-harvesting apps already installed on government devices. To stay ahead of today’s mobile threats, agencies must go beyond MDM with continuous app vetting, proactive risk detection, and real visibility into where sensitive data is actually going.

Many mobile applications are built to connect users directly to a company’s goods or services. Often, apps are developed to take a process that was