A method for handling security configurations of a mobile terminal, with the steps: a) determining (310, 320) of the operating conditions of the terminal; b) specifying of minimum security requirements for the terminal according to the operating conditions by means of analysis of context information on the operating conditions of the terminal; c) automatic defining and maintenance of security configurations on the terminal, wherein the security configurations correspond to at least the minimum security requirements for the terminal; and d) controlling of applications according to the security configurations, wherein for each active application or when an application is started, the following steps are carried out: d1) specifying (710, 810) of minimum security requirements of the active or started application, d2) examining (720, 820) whether the defined security configurations on the terminal correspond to at least the minimum security configurations of the application; d3) if the answer in step d2) is no: offering (725, 827) of an adjustment of the security configurations on the terminal to the minimum security requirements of the application to a user of the terminal, and d4) if the answer in step d2) is yes: retaining the security configurations on the terminal, wherein the execution of the above steps a) to d4) is controlled by at least one agent activated on the terminal. a) determining (310, 320) of the operating conditions of the terminal; b) specifying of minimum security requirements for the terminal according to the operating conditions by means of analysis of context information on the operating conditions of the terminal; c) automatic defining and maintenance of security configurations on the terminal, wherein the security configurations correspond to at least the minimum security requirements for the terminal; and d) controlling of applications according to the security configurations, wherein for each active application or when an application is started, the following steps are carried out: d1) specifying (710, 810) of minimum security requirements of the active or started application, d2) examining (720, 820) whether the defined security configurations on the terminal correspond to at least the minimum security configurations of the application; d3) if the answer in step d2) is no: offering (725, 827) of an adjustment of the security configurations on the terminal to the minimum security requirements of the application to a user of the terminal, and d4) if the answer in step d2) is yes: retaining the security configurations on the terminal, wherein the execution of the above steps a) to d4) is controlled by at least one agent activated on the terminal. d1) specifying (710, 810) of minimum security requirements of the active or started application, d2) examining (720, 820) whether the defined security configurations on the terminal correspond to at least the minimum security configurations of the application; d3) if the answer in step d2) is no: offering (725, 827) of an adjustment of the security configurations on the terminal to the minimum security requirements of the application to a user of the terminal, and d4) if the answer in step d2) is yes: retaining the security configurations on the terminal, wherein the execution of the above steps a) to d4) is controlled by at least one agent activated on the terminal.