Model Context Protocol Security
A Cloud Security Alliance Community Project - Secure Autonomy: Hardening Model-Context-Protocol Servers & Agents
This comprehensive resource provides security guidance, best practices, and tools for safely deploying Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and AI agents. MCP has become the de-facto adapter layer that lets autonomous agents interact with APIs, services, and systems - but this power comes with significant security responsibilities.
Quick Start
New to MCP Security? Start with our Why MCP Security? overview
Critical Risks? Review the MCP Top 10 Security Risks
Ready to Secure? Jump to the Hardening Guide
Building Secure MCP? Check our Build Security guide
Operating MCP Servers? Check our Operational Security
Need to Audit? Use our Audit & Compliance tools
Security Updates? Check the latest Security News
Want to Contribute? Share your knowledge in our Community
Security Guides
🔍 Why MCP Security?
Executive brief on MCP security risks and value proposition. Perfect for decision-makers and security teams.
Learn More →⚠️ MCP Top 10 Security Risks
Comprehensive Top 10 lists covering the most critical security risks in both MCP server and client implementations.
Review Risks →Security TTPs
Comprehensive database of MCP security tactics, techniques, and procedures with interactive matrix view.
🚨 Known Vulnerabilities
Documented security vulnerabilities in MCP implementations, including CVEs, security advisories, and incident reports.
View Vulnerabilities →🛡️ Hardening Guide
Comprehensive security framework covering provenance, isolation, traffic mediation, and more.
Start Hardening →🏗️ Build Security
Security guidance for developing secure MCP implementations, including authentication, isolation, and architecture patterns.
View Build Security →⚙️ Operational Security
Production-ready guidance for securely operating MCP systems with monitoring, registry security, and version management.
View Operations →🏗️ Reference Patterns
Architecture patterns and deployment guides for common MCP security scenarios.
View Patterns →🔎 Audit & Compliance
Security auditing, compliance monitoring, and vulnerability tracking for comprehensive MCP security assessment.
Start Auditing →🛠️ Tools & Scripts
Security automation tools, utilities, and scripts for MCP security operations.
View Tools →Security News
Latest security research, protocol updates, and threat intelligence affecting MCP deployments.
View News →Community Projects
Open-source security tools, databases, and educational resources developed by the MCP Security community.
Explore Projects →Community Resources
Discussion & Collaboration
- GitHub Discussions - Ask questions, share insights, propose improvements
- Main Organization - All project repositories and resources
- Working Group Meetings - Bi-weekly technical discussions and planning sessions
Community Databases
- Audit Database - Community-maintained MCP security audit results
- Vulnerability Database - Known security issues and CVEs
How to Contribute
We welcome contributions to strengthen AI agent infrastructure security:
- Start a Discussion - Share ideas in our GitHub Discussions
- Join Working Group - Participate in bi-weekly meetings
- Document Security Patterns - Share deployment architectures and lessons learned
- Contribute Audit Findings - Help build the community security database
- Improve Hardening Guides - Add practical examples and real-world scenarios
- Develop Security Tools - Build automation scripts and utilities
Every contribution helps strengthen the security of AI agent infrastructure for everyone.