A method comprising: initializing, by a processor of a mobile device, a background process of a mobile application executing on the mobile device, wherein said initializing is in response to the mobile device being powered on, and without receiving user input; determining, by the processor of the mobile device, that the background process associated with the mobile application is automatically requesting access to an encrypted resource; determining, by the processor of the mobile device, whether the mobile application has been secured with user input authentication information (724, 726); and responsive to determining that the mobile application has not been secured: suspending the background process, prior to receiving the user input authentication information (724, 726), until the mobile application has been secured, wherein suspending the background process comprises suspending or terminating one or more components of the mobile application that are configured to access the encrypted resource and that would be modified as the mobile application is secured, while allowing other components of the mobile application to continue operation; and transmitting, by the processor of the mobile device, a request to a mobile application management agent to secure the mobile application using the user input authentication information (724, 726). initializing, by a processor of a mobile device, a background process of a mobile application executing on the mobile device, wherein said initializing is in response to the mobile device being powered on, and without receiving user input; determining, by the processor of the mobile device, that the background process associated with the mobile application is automatically requesting access to an encrypted resource; determining, by the processor of the mobile device, whether the mobile application has been secured with user input authentication information (724, 726); and responsive to determining that the mobile application has not been secured: suspending the background process, prior to receiving the user input authentication information (724, 726), until the mobile application has been secured, wherein suspending the background process comprises suspending or terminating one or more components of the mobile application that are configured to access the encrypted resource and that would be modified as the mobile application is secured, while allowing other components of the mobile application to continue operation; and transmitting, by the processor of the mobile device, a request to a mobile application management agent to secure the mobile application using the user input authentication information (724, 726). suspending the background process, prior to receiving the user input authentication information (724, 726), until the mobile application has been secured, wherein suspending the background process comprises suspending or terminating one or more components of the mobile application that are configured to access the encrypted resource and that would be modified as the mobile application is secured, while allowing other components of the mobile application to continue operation; and transmitting, by the processor of the mobile device, a request to a mobile application management agent to secure the mobile application using the user input authentication information (724, 726).