The increased adoption of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for AI Agents necessitates robust security for Enterprise integrations. This paper introduces the MCP Gateway to simplify self-hosted MCP server integration. The proposed architecture integrates security principles, authentication, intrusion detection, and secure tunneling, enabling secure self-hosting without exposing infrastructure. Key contributions include a reference architecture, threat model mapping, simplified integration strategies, and open-source implementation recommendations. This work focuses on the unique challenges of enterprise-centric, self-hosted AI integrations, unlike existing public MCP server solutions.
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title={ Simplified and Secure MCP Gateways for Enterprise AI Integration },
author={ Ivo Brett },
journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.19997},
year={ 2025 }
}