Akto: MCP vendor profile

Akto's MCP Security module finds MCP servers in a company's networks, probes them for prompt injection, tool poisoning and excessive permissions, and can route MCP tool calls through an inspecting agent-proxy, as documented by the vendor. Akto MCP Recon discovers MCP-compatible servers by scanning IP ranges given in CIDR or range form and registers what it finds in Akto (ai-security-docs.akto.io).

At a glance

What it does for this layer

Akto says its MCP Security module "automatically identifies MCP servers, discovers associated Agentic components, runs targeted red teaming, and continuously monitors" for misconfigurations, threats and data leaks (ai-security-docs.akto.io). Akto's agent-proxy gateway URL is built by dropping https:// from the target MCP server URL and appending it to the agent-proxy base, so every tool call passes through Akto (ai-security-docs.akto.io). Akto's MCP discovery works across cloud, hybrid and on-premises environments, per its docs (ai-security-docs.akto.io).

Akto's MCP security page says it keeps only sanctioned servers in place by discovering servers and the agents invoking them and enforcing guardrails (www.akto.io). Akto's probe library for MCP covers prompt injection, tool poisoning, excessive permissions and unauthorized endpoint access (ai-security-docs.akto.io). Akto documents routing Microsoft Copilot Studio agents' MCP tool calls through its agent-proxy, which inspects requests and responses and applies policies while staying transparent to the server (ai-security-docs.akto.io).

Products and plans

Checks on its own domain

What it does not do

• Akto does not publish prices on the MCP pages read.

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