Dynamic Mobile SBOM
Visibility, Trust, and Risk Control for Your Mobile
Supply Chain
Gain complete transparency into what is inside every mobile app. Automate SBOM validation and remediation to strengthen
governance, accelerate response, and ensure compliance.
The Challenge
Most SBOMs are static, incomplete, and built once per major release. They miss incremental releases, transitive dependencies, embedded SDKs, and backend libraries that introduce silent risk. NowSecure’s research on a recent npm supply-chain attack that compromised 187 packages, including mobile frameworks, highlights this urgency. Gartner predicts that by 2028, 85% of organizations buying critical software will require SBOMs from vendors.
The NowSecure Solution
NowSecure Dynamic Mobile SBOM brings automation, accuracy, and context to mobile software transparency.
What the Solution Delivers
- Binary-level analysis: Inspects compiled iOS, Android, and hybrid apps to identify every dependency, framework, and SDK actually present.
- Full lifecycle coverage: Generates SBOMs for each build, storing version history and provenance.
- Actionable intelligence: Correlates SBOM data with live CVE, CWE, and license feeds for immediate risk visibility.
- CI/CD integration: Works within GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, and Azure DevOps. SBOMs are produced automatically at each merge or release.
- Continuous supply-chain monitoring: Extends coverage to third-party and internal apps across the organization.
Key Benefits
- Rapid incident response. Pinpoint affected versions immediately when a new CVE appears.
- Regulatory readiness. Deliver verifiable SBOMs aligned with NTIA, NIST, and CRA requirements.
- Operational efficiency. Automate transparency directly within CI/CD.
- Depth of visibility. Discover hidden SDKs and transitive dependencies invisible to build-time tools.
- Cross-team alignment. Provide a single, trusted record of mobile components for engineering, security, and compliance.
How It Works
- Upload or integrate your mobile build (IPA or APK).
- Automated binary analysis inspects all frameworks, SDKs, and dependencies.
- A signed, machine-readable SBOM (CycloneDX or SPDX) is generated and versioned.
- SBOM entries link to vulnerability, license, and risk data in real time.
- CI/CD integration regenerates SBOMs automatically for each release.
- Security and compliance teams review updates through dashboards or API feeds.
Why NowSecure
NowSecure is the mobile application security leader, protecting billions of users for more than a decade. The company pioneered dynamic SBOMs for mobile apps and continues to define best practices for continuous mobile transparency.
NowSecure technology is purpose-built for iOS and Android ecosystems where SDK sprawl, frequent updates, and closed binaries make traditional SBOMs unreliable. Enterprises and agencies rely on NowSecure to deliver verifiable mobile assurance with minimal friction to development.
The Results
Organizations using Dynamic Mobile SBOM transition from reactive audits to proactive risk governance. They achieve continuous insight into mobile software composition, faster remediation of vulnerabilities, and auditable proof of compliance.
SBOMs evolve from paperwork to living data assets that drive resilience, transparency, and trust across the mobile software supply chain.
Technical Specifications
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| SBOM Formats | CycloneDX 1.4, SPDX 2.3 |
| Artifact Types | IPA, APK, AAB |
| Integrations | GitHub Actions, REST API, Jira, S3 export |
| Vulnerability Feeds | NVD, CISA KEV, GitHub Advisories, NowSecure VulnDB |
| Output Options | JSON, XML, PDF summary reports |
| Storage | Versioned catalog with retention policy and audit logging |
Real-World Impact
US DOJ
Using NowSecure Platform to analyze a mobile app will generate an SBOM which teams can use to swiftly discern the libraries and frameworks integrated within the mobile app, pinpoint outdated versions of libraries and frameworks, recognize components that persist despite previous removal requirements, uncover potential license violations, and gain insights into data destinations, including unauthorized APIs and geolocations.
See Continuous Mobile SBOM in action.
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