To address this risk, TAG Infosphere’s analyst team, led by Dr. Edward Amoroso, identifies and evaluates leading vendors in mobile app security. Their analysis is based on a standardized “Cyber Vendor Rating” (CVR) framework that considers ten factors: company stage, message efficacy, pace of innovation, vision and strategy, strength of management, strength of references, financial strength, ability to scale, product functionality, and infrastructure maturity. This methodology is used by buyers and even cyber insurance stakeholders to assess how effectively vendors can reduce cyber risk.
Within this framework, TAG recognizes Approov as one of its Top Five Mobile App Security vendors, assigning the company a CVR of 8.2. Approov differentiates itself by focusing on API security and mobile app integrity rather than only on-device protections. Its mobile app attestation technology ensures that only genuine, untampered apps can access backend APIs, blocking modified apps, emulators, and automated tools from abusing services.
Approov’s solution embeds a lightweight SDK in mobile apps, enabling runtime attestation that issues secure, dynamically generated tokens to validated apps. This design protects against MitM attacks, API abuse, bot-driven exploits, and reverse engineering, while avoiding changes to backend APIs and minimizing impact on performance or user experience. The platform also integrates with CI/CD pipelines, supporting continuous security validation over the app lifecycle.
TAG highlights Approov as particularly well-suited for organizations handling high-value or regulated data—such as financial services, healthcare, and other sectors where mobile channels are mission-critical. By securing the connection between mobile apps and APIs and ensuring that only legitimate apps can transact with backend services, Approov delivers a robust layer of protection that directly addresses modern mobile and API-driven threats.
