The Global Gold Standard: DISA Adds Active Defense With MTD STIG Requirement

**Executive summary:** DISA has updated STIGs (including Android 16 and recent iOS STIGs) to mandate deployment of Mobile Threat Defense (MTD) apps, closing a prior compliance loophole that allowed agencies to rely on basic Mobile Device Management (MDM) root/jailbreak checks; the document explains why active on-device threat detection is necessary, compares MDM and MTD capabilities, cites international standards alignment, and positions Zimperium as a recommended MTD vendor.