Building Secure MCP Servers

MCP servers bridge AI assistants to your tools and data, run with delegated permissions, and chain tool calls — so one weak spot becomes a real breach. This course takes you from the MCP threat model to a hardened, well-operated server: secure architecture, safe tool design, schema-driven validation and prompt-injection controls, authentication and authorization, hardened deployment, and continuous validation. It closes on a review checklist you can hold every server to. Content is adapted from and credits the OWASP GenAI 'Practical Guide for Secure MCP Server Development', the SlowMist MCP Security Checklist, and Palo Alto Networks' MCP security research.