1. A system for in-line filtering of applications for mobile devices, comprising: a hardware processor of an inline filtering device configured to: intercept a request for downloading an application to a mobile device; throttle the request for downloading the application to the mobile device pending determination of a result of a risk analysis of the application based on an application risk policy, wherein the application is blocked from completing a transfer to the mobile device while it is throttled at the inline filtering device; and modify a response to the request for downloading the application to the mobile device; and a memory coupled to the hardware processor and configured to provide the hardware processor with instructions.