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MCP Servers Become the 'New Shadow IT' as Ungoverned Agents Proliferate Inside Enterprises
As MCP adoption explodes, security teams are flagging MCP servers and unmanaged local agents as 2026's shadow IT — connectors and agents spun up outside IT visibility that can read and act on sensitive data. This is the governance counterweight to Microsoft's Agent 365 'detect unmanaged local agents' push and the broader agent-ops tooling wave. For builders: every new agent/MCP integration is now an attack-surface and compliance event, and a market is forming for MCP gateways, registries, and agent governance.
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