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MCP credential governance check

MCP Credential & Scope Governance Check

Find out in under 4 minutes whether MCP servers are running on governable credentials and least-privilege scopes - or on broad, brittle, and poorly owned access.

3-4 minutes 12 scored questions No login

This is a governance assessment for credential issuance, scope discipline, storage, rotation, revocation, and ownership across MCP-connected access paths. It is not a secrets scanner, not a gateway, and not a live token monitor.

  • Screens for shared tokens, human credential reuse, broad scopes, plaintext secret handling, weak rotation, and poor revocation readiness.
  • Separates bounded credential models from material access exposure before an MCP incident becomes a containment problem.
  • ACT is one editable AI Controls Toolkit with eleven core files across eight workflow areas. It supports evidence collection and human decisions; it does not enforce controls or certify compliance.
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Enterprise MCP credential governance scene showing least privilege scopes, vault-backed secrets, environment separation, revocation controls, and attributable audit visibility.
MCP credential governance across least privilege, secret handling, rotation, revocation, and accountable access control.
Credential control

This screen classifies credential and scope governance fast. It does not inspect live tokens, collect configuration files, or export personalized remediation documents.

Interactive screen

Assessment

Use this to classify whether MCP credentials and scopes are tightly governed, partly governed, materially exposed, or fundamentally uncontrolled.

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What this result should change

This section classify credential and scope governance posture quickly, surface the most significant access-control weaknesses, and recommend an appropriate implementation path.

What this tool evaluates about MCP credentials

This assessment evaluates whether MCP-connected access is issued, scoped, stored, rotated, revoked, logged, reviewed, and owned in a way that can survive real scrutiny.

What a green result does not mean

A green result does not mean MCP is risk-free. It means the current credential model appears more governable than the other states and still needs discipline as scopes, tools, and users expand.

How ACT supports the next review

This problem is not solved by another score. ACT includes an agent incident containment and recovery runbook. Your team must test the actual stop procedure, downstream effects and restart conditions.

Where to go next

Use the credential governance screen when approval is not enough and the real question is whether tokens, scopes, and revocation paths are defensible under pressure.

ACT

Get the MCP governance checklist, policy assets, incident workflow, evidence structure, and implementation plan needed to formalize credential control.

MCP Server Approval Gate

Use the approval gate when the main question is whether a proposed server belongs in sandbox, production review, or the reject pile.

AI Agent Identity & OAuth Grant Exposure Check

Use the adjacent identity screen when the problem extends beyond MCP into broader agent and OAuth-grant visibility.

This page is informational only. It does not provide legal advice, compliance certification, or an audit conclusion.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

What does this tool evaluate about MCP credentials and scopes?

It evaluates credential issuance, scope minimization, environment separation, secret storage, rotation, revocation, logging, approval discipline, ownership, and business impact for MCP-connected access paths.

Why are shared credentials and broad scopes weighted so heavily?

Because shared credentials and broad scopes make incidents harder to contain, reduce accountability, and expand the blast radius when an MCP server or token is abused.

Why does vault-backed storage matter if authentication already exists?

Authentication alone does not solve secret sprawl, plaintext storage, or long-lived credential exposure. Storage and lifecycle controls determine whether access remains governable over time.

Is this a secrets scanner or MCP gateway?

No. It is a governance triage tool. It does not scan repositories, inspect live tokens, or proxy MCP traffic.

Does this tool store anything I enter?

No. The assessment runs entirely in the browser. Answers are not stored, synced, or submitted to a server.

Source review dates are stated in the relevant guides. It provides operational implementation guidance and product information only; it is not legal advice, tax advice, audit assurance, certification assurance, conformity-assessment advice, buyer-approval assurance, or security assurance. Validate legal, regulatory, contractual, tax, audit, and security decisions with qualified professionals.