Inside MCP Security: A Research Guide on Emerging Risks

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is set to be the standard for connecting LLM applications to external data sources and tools. Introduced by Anthropic in November, it has since gained broad backing, including from OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google.

This whitepaper offers a pragmatic snapshot of MCP as it stands today: key security concerns, actionable guidance for early adopters, and a forward-looking view on securing the MCP ecosystem.