SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WHITELISTING APPLICATIONS IN A MOBILE NETWORK ENVIRONMENT

A query from a particular mobile device is identified that indicates an attempt, by the particular mobile device, to access a particular application. It is determined whether the particular application has been assessed for inclusion in one or more of the plurality of whitelists and, based on the determination, an assessment of the particular application can be performed, which can include accessing a copy of the particular application and assessing the copy of the particular application to identify one or more attributes of the particular application. For each of a plurality of whitelists, a determination is made whether the particular application should be included in the whitelist based on the attributes. Each whitelist can be associated with a respective one of a plurality of entities and based on a policy corresponding to the respective entity, each entity is associated with a respective plurality of mobile devices.