A method for securing an enterprise application on a computing device includes: defining at least one monitored action, where the monitored action is an access of sensitive information in the enterprise application, defining a maximum number of instances of the at least one monitored action to be allowed while the computing device is not secured by a device-level lock, detecting at least one instance of the at least one monitored action, determining whether the computing device is secured by the device-level lock, and if according to the determining, the computing device is not secured by the device-level lock: displaying a warning message in response to the instances, incrementing a warning counter in response to the detecting, and if the warning counter exceeds the maximum number of the instances, preventing access to the enterprise application.