Systems and methods for applying policy wrappers to computer applications

An apparatus comprising:

• one or more interfaces configured to provide communication with an enterprise via a communication network;
• and
• a processor, in communication with the one or more interfaces, and configured to run a module stored in memory that is configured:
• to receive an application programming interface (API) call to communicate information from a computer application to the enterprise over the communication network,
• to determine whether the computer application has associated with it a policy wrapper comprising a policy that specifies how to handle the API call from the computer application, and
• when the computer application has associated with it the policy wrapper:
• retrieve the policy for the policy wrapper associated with the computer application, and
• implement the API call by securely communicating the information from the computer application to the enterprise over the communication network based on the policy.

A method comprising:

• receiving an application programming interface (API) call to communicate information from a computer application to an enterprise over a communication network;
• determining whether the computer application has associated with it a policy wrapper comprising a policy that specifies how to handle the API call from the computer application;
• and
• when the computer application has associated with it the policy wrapper:
• retrieving the policy for the policy wrapper associated with the computer application, and
• implementing the API call by securely communicating the information from the computer application to the enterprise over the communication network based on the policy.