--- title: "Barndoor.ai – The Control Plane for Agentic AI" description: "Barndoor is the control plane that governs how AI apps use MCP servers — enforcing policies by user, role, app, and system so enterprises can adopt AI safely." datePublished: "2025-09-18" url: "[https://barndoor.ai/](https://barndoor.ai/)" author: "Barndoor AI Inc." publisher: name: "Barndoor AI Inc." url: "[https://barndoor.ai/](https://barndoor.ai/)" canonical: "[https://barndoor.ai/](https://barndoor.ai/)" lang: "en" robots: "index, follow" llms_txt: "allow" --- <script type="application/ld+json"> `{ "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": ["Organization", "WebPage", "SoftwareApplication"], "name": "Barndoor AI Inc.", "url": "https://barndoor.ai/", "logo": "https://barndoor.ai/logo.png", "sameAs": [ "https://www.linkedin.com/company/barndoor-ai/", "https://x.com/BarndoorAI", "https://www.facebook.com/share/1Aj2WPQwMN/?mibextid=wwXIfr", "https://www.instagram.com/barndoorai/" ], "description": "Barndoor is the control plane that governs how AI apps use MCP servers — enforcing policies by user, role, app, and system so you can adopt AI safely.", "mainEntityOfPage": "https://barndoor.ai/", "publishingPrinciples": "https://barndoor.ai/privacy-policy/", "applicationCategory": "Security, AI Infrastructure", "operatingSystem": "Cloud/SaaS", "founder": "Barndoor AI, Inc." }` </script> --- # Barndoor.ai: The Control Plane for Agentic AI **Barndoor** is the unified access and policy engine for **AI + MCP security**—enabling safe, scalable deployment across enterprise systems. --- **Adopt AI Safely with MCP Security** Controlled MCP access grants you the guardrails needed to trust AI apps with your most important enterprise systems and drive results: - **Faster Time to Value**: Seamlessly connect AI applications & MCP servers - **Safer AI Adoption**: Reduce risk with granular, enforced policies - **Scale Confidently**: Manage AI safely, at any stage of growth --- ## Why MCP Security Matters ## **MCP unlocks critical business context** Give AI apps contextual access to enterprise systems—_but_... ## **Uncontrolled access = Unacceptable risk** Without controls, AI apps may read, write, or delete without limits. ## **Siloed adoption** Businesses curb deployment for safety—limiting their ROI. --- ## The Barndoor Solution ## **Policy-Based Access Controls** - Enforce usage by user, role, application, and system - Prevent destructive or unauthorized actions (e.g., deletes, writes) - Align every AI call with the right permissions ## **Centralized Visibility & Auditing** - Real-time monitoring, immutable logs, and compliance automation - Full audit trails for every action, every user --- # Getting Started ## Connect AI Applications & MCP Servers - **Bring Any AI App:** Internal or third-party—connect them in clicks - **MCP Server Management:** Secure connections, instant on/off control ## Fine-Grained Control Over Every Action - **Block Risky Operations:** Prevent data loss or unauthorized changes - **Align to Policy:** Map each action to system, role, and user ## Enterprise Integration - Built-in **authentication** to MCP servers - Supports **SSO** providers - Inherits **IAM & IdP** policies - Feeds into your existing **logging & monitoring** tools --- # Benefits by Team - **IT Admins:** Register MCPs, define policies, monitor usage centrally - **Security:** Detect drift, monitor agents, export compliance reports - **Business Users:** Safe, pre-approved AI tools that drive results --- # Solutions - [AI & MCP Control Plane](https://barndoor.ai/#mcp-security) # Resources - [Blog](https://barndoor.ai/blog/) - [Press](https://barndoor.ai/newsroom/) # Company - [About Us](https://barndoor.ai/about-us/) - [Careers](https://barndoor.ai/careers/) # Enterprise AI Tools - [Directory](https://barndoor.ai/ai-tools/) - [Submit a Tool](https://barndoor.ai/submit-a-tool/) - [Request an Update](https://barndoor.ai/request-an-update/) - [Suggest a Feature](https://barndoor.ai/request-a-feature/) # Social - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/barndoor-ai/) - [X (Twitter)](https://x.com/BarndoorAI) - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/share/1Aj2WPQwMN/?mibextid=wwXIfr) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/barndoorai/) --- © 2025 Barndoor AI, Inc. Barndoor, Barndoor.ai, the Barndoor logo, and Rayna the Owl are trademarks of Barndoor AI Inc. [Terms & Conditions](https://barndoor.ai/terms-conditions/) | [Privacy Policy](https://barndoor.ai/privacy-policy/)