Managing and Enforcing Policies on Mobile Devices

Embodiments of a system configured to manage policies, including decision policies and active policies, on mobile devices is described. The system is configured to manage policies, including decision policies and active policies, on mobile devices is described that includes a device policy repository, a policy decision point, a decision policy enforcer, and an active policy enforcer. The system includes a method for enforcing policies on mobile devices that proactively monitors the execution environment and automatically triggers active policies. The method further exports an interface and provides functionality to evaluate and enforce decision policies. The system can combine policies from different sources, including detecting and avoiding policy conflicts.