Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for managing the state of client devices using device-driven management workflows. The device-driven management workflow can be evaluated to determine a current state of the computing device, install software, and direct the computing device to watch at least one value stored in memory for a modification. When at the at least one value stored in memory is modified, the computing device can execute the device-driven management workflow to resolve a discrepancy between the expected state and the current state or perform a remedial action to prevent unwanted access to secure resources.