Secure MCP servers to safeguard AI and corporate data

Model Context Protocol servers act as bridges between AI models and enterprise resources. But they can also give threat actors the keys to the castle if not secured.

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• Amy Larsen DeCarlo, GlobalData

The deployment of AI for business use cases has become a major enterprise priority. But to reap AI's potentially game-changing productivity and innovation benefits, organizations must connect large language models to their internal data and services. Enter Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, which act as middlemen or bridges between LLMs and corporate tools.

Anthropic created the MCP open standard in late 2024 without native role restrictions or access controls, leaving security up to users. In the rush to realize agentic AI's business value, many organizations have deployed MCP servers without proper safeguards. In one recent analysis, researchers found nearly 2,000 MCP servers with no security controls, exposing AI systems ...