Article Summary
Proximity is an open-source security scanner launched to help organizations secure their Model Context Protocol (MCP) implementations.
- The tool identifies potential vulnerabilities in MCP server configurations, including improper access controls, insecure data handling, and misconfigurations.
- It addresses the security risks introduced by MCP, developed by Anthropic, when AI models retrieve real-time information from external resources.
- Proximity aims to assist developers and security teams in mitigating issues like data leakage and unauthorized access in AI systems utilizing MCP.
- The scanner focuses on securing the API-like connections and external tooling that facilitate AI assistant interactions with outside data.