MCP: Model Context Protocol for AI Governance & Security

About this course

Every AI application has the same hidden problem. The model can reason, write, and plan, but it cannot touch anything on its own. It cannot read a file, query a database, check a calendar, or search the web. Everything it does in the world happens through connections to external systems, and until recently, every one of those connections had to be built by hand, with custom authentication, custom permissions, and custom logging invented separately every time.

The Model Context Protocol exists to fix that. MCP is the open standard that defines how any AI application connects to any external tool, data source, or system. One protocol, implemented once on each side, replacing an unmanageable web of private, inconsistent, invisible integrations with a single language that can be secured, audited, and governed in one place.

This course gives you a complete, non-technical understanding of MCP and the governance frameworks you need to deploy it responsibly. No programming required. No engineering background needed. Just clear, structured knowledge for the professionals whose job is to ensure AI systems connect to enterprise data safely, with full accountability and regulatory compliance.

You will learn how MCP is organized through its three roles of Host, Client, and Server, and why that distinction defines every security boundary in the protocol. You will explore the four core primitives of Tools, Resources, Prompts, and Roots, and understand the governance implications of each. You will learn how sessions are established, how capabilities are negotiated, and how dynamic updates change the security picture.

The course goes deep on security: MCP's consent and credential model, OAuth 2.1 with PKCE, the forbidden patterns that create systemic risk, prompt injection via tool descriptions as an attack vector, and the procedures for vetting and approving servers before they reach production.

You will learn how MCP compares to A2A, native function calling, and other connectivity protocols, and

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