1. A method comprising: storing, at a first network connected device, application specific information for each of a plurality of applications, wherein the application specific information controls access of the plurality of applications to one or more databases; receiving, at the first network connected device, a request from a second network connected device for application specific information for one of the plurality of applications; wherein the one of the plurality of applications executes on the second network connected device; monitoring, at the first network connected device, access of the one or more databases by the one of the plurality of applications executing on the second network connected device, wherein the one of the plurality of applications accesses the one or more databases without an application gateway; updating, at the first network connected device, the application specific information for the one of the plurality of applications in response to the monitoring; and providing the updated application specific information to the second network connected device.