Limited Agent Visibility
AI agents and MCP servers are deployed across engineering, product, and business teams. Most security teams have no centralized inventory of what’s running, what it connects to, or who approved it.
Unchecked Agent Permissions
When a developer connects a coding agent to an MCP server, that agent typically runs with the developer’s full credentials. No scoping, no least-privilege check, no policy evaluation. This is the Maker’s Identity problem: agents act with the permissions of their creator, not the permissions they need.
No Enforcement Layer
Agents take autonomous actions across systems. Without enforcement, over-permissioned agents operate unchecked. Prompt injection, data exfiltration, and unauthorized tool calls happen with no detection and no response.