DASF-68 — Use Securely Hosted Managed MCP Servers
Source: official compendium, Databricks AI Mitigation Controls, row 70. Snapshot: 2026-10-22; source revision: DASF v 3.0.
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Intent and implementation
Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers act as bridges that let AI agents access external data and tools. Instead of building these connections from scratch, you can use securely hosted Databricks managed MCP servers to instantly connect your agents to data stored in Unity Catalog, vector search indexes, and custom functions.
Source metadata
- Category: Platform and System Security
- System component: Agentic AI
- Databricks responsibility: Databricks — Out-of-the-box
- Product reference: Databricks Managed
- Feature/control: Feature
- Security Analysis Tool reference: Out of the box
- Novelty: Novel AI Control/Capability
Databricks responsibility labels do not establish who enforces this control on another platform. Name a local owner and verify it.
Implementation references
Risks linked by the risk table
- DASF-R-13.16
- DASF-R-13.17
- DASF-R-13.18
- DASF-R-13.19
- DASF-R-13.20
- DASF-R-13.21
- DASF-R-13.22
- DASF-R-13.23
- DASF-R-13.24
- DASF-R-13.25
- DASF-R-13.26
- DASF-R-13.27
- DASF-R-13.28
- DASF-R-13.29
- DASF-R-13.31
- DASF-R-13.32
- DASF-R-13.33
- DASF-R-13.34
- DASF-R-13.35
The control table separately reports: DASF-R-13.16, DASF-R-13.17, DASF-R-13.18, DASF-R-13.19, DASF-R-13.20, DASF-R-13.21, DASF-R-13.22, DASF-R-13.23, DASF-R-13.24, DASF-R-13.25, DASF-R-13.26, DASF-R-13.27, DASF-R-13.28, DASF-R-13.29, DASF-R-13.31, DASF-R-13.32, DASF-R-13.33, DASF-R-13.34, DASF-R-13.35. See source issues for differences.
Verification
Project adaptation: get_control returns a concrete evidence request, a proposed test, and an acceptance condition. A control description or product feature is not evidence of deployment or effectiveness.
Source-reported framework mappings
These are the mappings in this snapshot, with their original edition labels. They are references, not proof of conformity or independent validation.
| Framework | Source mapping |
|---|---|
| MITRE ATLAS as of Q3 2024 | AML.M0005 Control Access to ML Models and Data at Rest<br>AML.M0019 Control Access to ML Models and Data in Production |
| MITRE ATTACK as of Q3 2024 | M1026 Privileged Account Management<br>M1037 Filter Network Traffic |
| OWASP LLM Top 10 2025 | LLM08: Excessive Agency <br>LLM03: Supply Chain |
| OWASP ML Top 10 v0.3 | no mapping |
| ISO 42001:2023 Controls Objectives and Controls (Annex A) | no mapping |
| ISO 27001:2022 Information Security Control Reference (Annex A) | A.5.19 Information security in supplier relationships<br>A.5.20 Addressing information security in supplier agreements<br>A.8.8 Management of technical vulnerabilities |
| NIST - 800- 53 - Rev 5 | SA-9:External System Services<br>CM-7:Least Functionality<br>SC-7:Boundary Protection |
| HITRUST Security for AI Systems | AI supply chain security → Prefer managed, vendor-vetted MCP servers to minimise third-party attack surface |
| ENISA’s Securing ML Algorithms | Use vendor-managed or platform-hosted AI integrations to reduce attack surface / Validate third-party AI tool providers |
| EU AI ACT | Article 9 Risk management system<br>Article 25 Responsibilities of deployers |
| NIST CSF 2.0 | GV.SC-07<br>PR.PS-01<br>ID.RA-01<br>DE.CM-06 |
| AIUC-1 | E009: Monitor third-party access, D003: Restrict unsafe tool calls |