MCP Security Engineering: Isolation & Defense-in-Depth
Prerequisite: Familiarity with the concepts introduced in Part 4 — Gateway. Review it first if the terminology in this part is unfamiliar. Part 5 — MCP Security Engineering & Isolation: Defense-in-Depth Answer-first: Operating Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers exposes infrastructure to novel AI security risks, including Path Traversal in Resource URIs, Indirect Prompt Injections in Tool Descriptions, and Shadow Parameter Manipulation. Implementing container sandboxing, gVisor container isolation, and AST path sanitization protects enterprise backends against full system compromise. ...