DASF-70 — Securely connect to External MCP Servers
Source: official compendium, Databricks AI Mitigation Controls, row 72. Snapshot: 2026-10-22; source revision: DASF v 3.0.
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Intent and implementation
Connect Databricks to external Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers to give your agents access to a wider range of tools that are hosted outside of Databricks. Databricks uses managed MCP proxies and Unity Catalog HTTP connections to securely handle authentication to your workspace. With OAuth, Databricks automatically handles token exchange and refreshes on expiry—users don't need to manage tokens manually.
Source metadata
- Category: Platform and System Security
- System component: Agentic AI
- Databricks responsibility: Databricks — Configuration
- Product reference: Customer configured, Databricks enforced
- 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-13.20
- 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
The control table separately reports: 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. 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 |
| MITRE ATTACK as of Q3 2024 | M1031 Network Intrusion Prevention<br>M1037 Filter Network Traffic<br>M1054 Software Configuration |
| 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.8.22 Segregation of networks |
| NIST - 800- 53 - Rev 5 | SA-9:External System Services<br>SC-7:Boundary Protection<br>SC-8:Transmission Confidentiality and Integrity<br>IA-3:Device Identification and Authentication |
| HITRUST Security for AI Systems | Third-party AI system validation → Validate and monitor all connections to external MCP servers using managed OAuth flows |
| ENISA’s Securing ML Algorithms | Enforce strict validation of external AI tool providers / Apply network controls for outbound AI agent connections |
| EU AI ACT | Article 9 Risk management system<br>Article 25 Responsibilities of deployers |
| NIST CSF 2.0 | GV.SC-07<br>PR.AA-05<br>ID.SC-02<br>DE.CM-06 |
| AIUC-1 | D003: Restrict unsafe tool calls, E009: Monitor third-party access |