Appdome adds live security update controls for published mobile apps
Appdome introduced Remote Management, a live-update capability for published mobile apps that the company says keeps human approval and audit controls in place.
Appdome said on Aug. 3, 2026, that it introduced Remote Management, a feature that lets customers update approved security, anti-fraud and bot-defense policies in already published mobile apps without rebuilding or republishing the app.
The company said the feature is designed for live Android and iOS apps and changes protections already present in the app, rather than adding new features or executable logic. Appdome said the goal is to let organizations respond to an active attack, fraud campaign or operational risk while the app remains in users’ hands.
Appdome said mobile defenses often change only after an engineering cycle, a new build, app-store review and user adoption of the latest version. The company said Remote Management gives cyber teams another option for changing approved protections while keeping the production workflow under human control.
Appdome said each Live Update follows a Request-Approve-Deploy workflow. Under that process, a team member submits a change and reason, a designated approver reviews it, and an authorized administrator deploys it after approval. The company said AI-assisted guidance can help evaluate impact and conflicts before deployment, while humans remain in charge of the live update.
The company said Appdome Vault records submissions, approvals, rejections, withdrawals, expirations, acknowledgements and deployments. Appdome described Vault as a system of record for mobile security and compliance.
Tom Tovar, co-creator and CEO of Appdome, said cyber teams should be able to act on identified risk, with AI assisting and humans controlling live updates. Roy Cohen, Product & Engineering Lead – Manage, said humans control live updates today and that agents may request and perform approved live updates in the future.
Jason Bloomberg, managing director at Intellyx, said Appdome addresses a dilemma between forcing users back to the app store for a patch and allowing potentially malicious updates on the fly.
Appdome said organizations can decide who may request, approve and deploy changes based on roles and policies. The company said Remote Management is available now to customers licensed for it and will be demonstrated at Black Hat USA 2026 in Las Vegas.
Appdome also said its platform supports more than 400 mobile app security, anti-fraud, anti-malware, bot defense, API protection and other defenses without SDKs or manual coding.
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