Building the Akka MCP Gateway: Governed AI Tool Access for the Whole Organization

Becoming an AI-first organization at Akka means more than giving employees access to a chat interface; it means connecting AI to the tools and data that drive our business, securely and responsibly. The Model Context Protocol (MCP) has emerged as the standard for doing exactly that, linking AI clients to external services. But wiring up each service individually, per user, per machine, introduces security gaps that put both employee and customer data at risk, and quickly becomes unmanageable to govern at scale.