Secure MCP Servers in Production: It’s all on you

Gagik Amaryan, MongoDB

MCPs are meant to be these magical tools that let you integrate the latest and greatest AI models into any service. But when you’re dealing with actual customer data and systems, this sure sounds too good to be true. I will talk about the dangers of MCP servers, both when building and using them — from exposing insecure tools to hallucinating agents and the biggest liability of them all: the humans running them.

Bio

Gagik Amaryan is part of MongoDB ’s Developer Tools team, working on its terminal and AI tools, notably the official MongoDB MCP Server. Outside of work, he also develops tetrify , a local-first, chat-centered productivity app.