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Editor's note: This article was originally published by Craig Riddell on LinkedIn. It has been republished here with the author's permission. Boards are giving AI security more airtime than ever. What they're not giving is the right framing. A year or two ago, AI was mostly a question of experimentation risk. Today, it's tied directly to revenue, customer experience, operational efficiency, and competitive advantage. The urgency is real, and it's translating into aggressive deployment timelines.

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a de facto standard for providing structured access to privileged systems for AI agents and external integrations. It acts as a USB-C port for AI, enabling faster innovation by allowing organizations to expose tools, resources, and workflows without the time-consuming work of building APIs. Adoption has surged in recent months, and categories like payments, project management, and developer platforms are already beginning to reap the benefits.