Secure MCP and Agentic AI Adoption

Secure MCP and Agentic AI Adoption

MCP is becoming the connective tissue for agentic AI, creating both opportunities and risks. Opportunity includes the ability for security teams to wire AI straight into their stack and go from a plain-English question to a real answer, or even remediation, in seconds. However, every MCP connection is a new non-human identity (NHI) and a new data path, so the real exposure is less about the model and more about what an agent can reach, tool poisoning and standing access no one is watching. How do we benefit from MCP while managing the risk? Adopt fast, but govern first. During this highly interactive session focused on peer learning and practitioner exchange, IANS Faculty George Gerchow shares his expertise, facilitates discussions and shows a live demo to help you accelerate MCP adoption while managing security risks.

• Understand MCP fundamentals, key design elements and how it enables agentic AI
• Identify and assess security risk areas, including an expanded attack surface, data exposure issues and authentication challenges
• Participate in a live Claude MCP demo to see how natural language queries can surface risk and take remediation steps
• Learn practical approaches to hardening MCP environments and governing agent tool use

Audience

This event is for IANS clients and invited guests — there is no vendor sponsorship or presence.