Observability & Logging

This section establishes comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting capabilities for MCP deployments to enable incident detection, forensic analysis, and security operations.

Key Practices

• Correlate every MCP call with unique request identifiers
• Implement centralized logging with structured log formats
• Retain forensic data for incident investigation
• Set up real-time monitoring and alerting for security events
• Create dashboards for security and operational metrics

Implementation Guide

This section will cover:

• Centralized logging architecture design
• Request correlation and tracing implementation
• Security event detection and alerting rules
• Log retention and compliance requirements
• Integration with SIEM and security operations tools

Risk Mitigation

Addresses challenges including incident response blind spots, forensic evidence gaps, compliance violations, and the inability to detect ongoing attacks or system compromises.