Enterprise Challenges with MCP Adoption - Christian Posta, Solo.io

This talk, presented by Christian Posta from Solo.io, addresses the challenges enterprises face when adopting the Model Context Protocol (MCP). The speaker explores the transition from single tenant, desktop-based definitions of MCP to the development of secure, remotely accessible, multi-tenant MCP services that can effectively expose sensitive business capabilities to AI agents. Key challenges discussed include onboarding and discovery processes to safeguard against tool poisoning and shadow services, the limitations of MCP Authorization in relation to existing identity providers, and the complexities of governing upstream access and consent when enterprise APIs are invoked on behalf of users.