10 Questions Every CISO Should Ask Before Enabling MCP Servers

The document outlines a vendor evaluation framework for enterprise security teams and a readiness guide for B2B SaaS vendors aiming to comply with Model Context Protocol (MCP) security requirements. It emphasizes the importance of conducting thorough due diligence before connecting AI agents to external tools and highlights the risks associated with MCP servers operating below the application layer, which can be exploited, as evidenced by a 2025 analysis indicating a 92% exploitation probability in interconnected servers. The text presents ten critical questions that Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) should incorporate into their security intake process, covering aspects such as authorization models, identity provider integration, agent identity management, OAuth scope restrictions, prompt injection prevention, token lifetime policies, audit trail coverage, cross-app access validation, human-in-the-loop confirmations for high-risk actions, and incident response paths. It stresses that vendors with prepared, accurate answers will have a competitive advantage, offering a co-branded PDF checklist as a resource for vendors to share with enterprise customers. The guide also points out that gaps in agent identity management, audit trail coverage, and human oversight often remain unaddressed, and vendors can use SSOJet to address these identity and security concerns efficiently.

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