NSA Security Guidance for Model Context Protocol

As the enterprise start to adopt AI agents and Model Context Protocol in earnest, data security is a major concern for infosec teams.

The NSA recently published their guidance highlighting key controls companies should look to implement to safely connect AI systems to tools, data, and services.

The recommendations reinforce familiar security principles (Zero Trust, Least Privilege, Continuous Monitoring, and Defense in Depth) but apply them to a new generation of agentic AI architectures.

This infographic below summarizes the NSA’s five core recommendations and the major risks companies should look to address when deploying MCP enabled AI systems.