1. A computer-implemented method comprising: identifying a tag; separately assigning the same tag to each of a plurality of software applications; receiving an access control setting; associating the access control setting with the tag, wherein the access control setting is associated with the tag after the tag is assigned to each of the plurality of software applications; performing an action with respect to a software application from the plurality of software applications by applying the setting to the software application based on the tag being assigned to the software application, wherein: performing the action comprises receiving a request to access the software application and determining, based on the access control setting, whether to permit access to the software application; the method is performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor.