Governance and Certification: How Will Third-Party MCPs Be Verified?

Published on 30 June 2025 • Updated on 2 July 2025

Governance and Certification: How Will Third-Party MCPs Be Verified?

To build trust in the MCP ecosystem, a formal governance model is required, much like SSL CAs or container signing authorities.

Possible Certification Layers:

1. Level 1: Static code scan and publisher ID verification
2. Level 2: Behavioral emulation + permission declaration review
3. Level 3: Penetration tested, signed by trusted CA

Governance Entities (Proposed):

• OpenMCP Consortium
• Trusted MCP Signers List (like Docker Content Trust)
• Community ThreatFeed for blacklisted tools

Future Outlook:

“In the next 12 months, we’ll likely see MCP-specific CVEs and compliance mandates, including supply chain audits and runtime attestation logs.”

SOCRadar’s Position:
We believe in “defensible trust”, MCP Servers must not only be functional, but verifiably secure and accountable.