Matt Leary
Product Manager, Posit
Matt Leary is currently a product manager for Posit Connect. Prior to Posit, he worked as a data scientist and AI product owner at a specialty insurance carrier.
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Hosting MCP servers securely with Posit Connect
July 22, 2026 · 12:00 PM ET · Virtual.
A technical look at when to use MCP and how to host it without compromising security.
A technical look at when to use MCP and how to host it without compromising security.
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Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a hot topic in AI tooling right now, and there is a lot of noise about the benefits of using it for AI projects, but less information that addresses the security questions or when it's the ideal tool for the job.
Join Neal Richardson and Matt Leary for a practical look at when MCP is the right fit, when to reach for something else like skills or command-line utilities, and how to deploy MCP servers in a way that actually improves your security posture. We’ll also show how Posit Connect implements these principles with a live walkthrough of Connect's MCP hosting architecture.
What you'll learn:
- When MCP is the right choice for your AI project
- How MCP fits into the broader AI tooling landscape
- Why Connect is a secure place to host your MCP servers
- How to deploy MCP servers on Connect via a real-world use case demo
Speakers
Neal Richardson
Vice President, Engineering at Posit, PBC
Currently Director of Engineering at Ursa Labs / RStudio. Previously led product and engineering at Crunch.io. Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley.