In today’s mobile-first economy, apps are central to customer engagement, financial transactions, and digital health. Jamf reports that 86% of 135 popular apps had known security flaws and warns that app-delivered Shadow AI is an emerging risk. AI-assisted reverse engineering can also automate binary analysis and deobfuscation, but speed claims should be benchmarked.To help address these challenges, Approov and NowSecure have partnered to combine mobile app security testing with runtime protection. Together, the two companies aim to bridge the gap between pre-release assessment and live, in-production defense.
The Core Challenge: Static and Runtime Risk
Mobile security is often handled in silos. Development teams focus on code quality and pre-release testing, while operations and security teams must defend the app after it is deployed.
Vulnerabilities that can be detected pre-release can include hardcoded secrets, exposed credentials, insecure APIs, and other flaws that are present in compiled mobile binaries or surrounding code paths. Runtime threats, by contrast, emerge after deployment and can include rooted or jailbroken devices, emulators, bots, tampered apps, and man-in-the-middle attacks.
OWASP MASVS recognizes both platform integrity validation and anti-tampering protections as important defense-in-depth controls. Implementing only one layer leaves gaps that attackers can exploit through device compromise, app modification, or runtime manipulation. Organizations seeking comprehensive protection against client-side attacks should address both.
Two Leaders, One Security Model
For organizations that want to reduce API abuse, protect users, and strengthen mobile trust, this partnership offers a practical end-to-end security model. This collaboration combines NowSecure’s mobile app testing expertise with Approov’s runtime secret protection and attestation capabilities to support continuous mobile app defense.
Shift-left Security with NowSecure
NowSecure provides automated and expert-validated mobile app security testing, including SAST, DAST, and IAST, along with API testing and compliance mapping. Its testing helps teams identify vulnerabilities, privacy issues, and compliance gaps earlier in the development lifecycle, including alignment with OWASP MASVS.
Runtime Shielding with Approov
Approov focuses on mobile runtime security, including attestation, RASP-style protections, and API security controls. It is designed to help verify that an app is authentic, detect tampering, and block abuse from bots, scripts, emulators, and compromised devices.
Elevate Your Mobile Security Posture
To give your security team immediate visibility, Approov and NowSecure are offering a complimentary automated assessment for iOS and Android. This complimentary report covers SAST, DAST, IAST, and APIsec testing, complete with compliance mapping and actionable remediation guidance.
Designed to give developers, security teams, and business leaders a clear view of their risk profile, the assessment surfaces exposed secrets, inventories discovered libraries and endpoints, and identifies potential app store blockers.
Securing mobile apps shouldn't mean trading development velocity for peace of mind. Through this alliance, teams can build fast with NowSecure verifying the code, and deploy confidently with Approov locking down runtime environments. Don't let hidden vulnerabilities or API abuse put your brand, revenue, or users at risk.
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