# IT and security for agents

https://mcpshortlist.com/it-and-security

## Facts, sources and dates

Unknown values are null, never no or zero.

```json
{
  "example": false,
  "read_on": "2026-10-11",
  "category": {
    "id": "it-and-security",
    "label": "IT and security",
    "what": "Software for managing a company’s accounts, devices and protection.",
    "url": "https://mcpshortlist.com/it-and-security",
    "software": 0,
    "not_sorted_yet": [],
    "subcategories": [
      {
        "id": "application-security",
        "label": "Application security",
        "what": "Software that finds security flaws in code and in what it depends on.",
        "also": ["code security", "sast", "dependency scanning", "secret scanning"],
        "url": "https://mcpshortlist.com/application-security",
        "category": "it-and-security",
        "software": [],
        "not_listed": []
      },
      {
        "id": "backup",
        "label": "Backup and recovery",
        "what": "Software that copies data and restores it after a loss.",
        "also": ["backups", "disaster recovery", "restore"],
        "url": "https://mcpshortlist.com/backup",
        "category": "it-and-security",
        "software": [],
        "not_listed": []
      },
      {
        "id": "device-management",
        "label": "Device management",
        "what": "Software that sets up and controls a company’s computers and phones.",
        "also": ["mdm", "mobile device management", "endpoints", "laptops"],
        "url": "https://mcpshortlist.com/device-management",
        "category": "it-and-security",
        "software": [],
        "not_listed": []
      },
      {
        "id": "endpoint-protection",
        "label": "Endpoint protection",
        "what": "Software that protects computers and phones from malware.",
        "also": ["antivirus", "edr", "xdr", "malware"],
        "url": "https://mcpshortlist.com/endpoint-protection",
        "category": "it-and-security",
        "software": [],
        "not_listed": []
      },
      {
        "id": "identity-and-access",
        "label": "Identity and access management",
        "what": "Software that decides who in a company can sign in to what.",
        "also": ["iam", "sso", "directory", "access management"],
        "url": "https://mcpshortlist.com/identity-and-access",
        "category": "it-and-security",
        "software": [],
        "not_listed": []
      },
      {
        "id": "it-asset-management",
        "label": "IT asset management",
        "what": "Software that lists a company’s equipment, software and licences.",
        "also": ["itam", "saas management", "licences", "inventory of devices"],
        "url": "https://mcpshortlist.com/it-asset-management",
        "category": "it-and-security",
        "software": [],
        "not_listed": []
      },
      {
        "id": "it-service-desk",
        "label": "IT service desk",
        "what": "Software that handles employees’ IT requests.",
        "also": ["itsm", "it service management", "internal tickets", "it help desk"],
        "url": "https://mcpshortlist.com/it-service-desk",
        "category": "it-and-security",
        "software": [],
        "not_listed": []
      },
      {
        "id": "network-security",
        "label": "Network security",
        "what": "Software that protects a company’s network and the access to it.",
        "also": ["vpn", "firewall", "zero trust", "secure access"],
        "url": "https://mcpshortlist.com/network-security",
        "category": "it-and-security",
        "software": [],
        "not_listed": []
      },
      {
        "id": "password-managers",
        "label": "Password managers",
        "what": "Software that stores passwords and secrets safely.",
        "also": ["secrets", "vault", "credentials"],
        "url": "https://mcpshortlist.com/password-managers",
        "category": "it-and-security",
        "software": [],
        "not_listed": []
      },
      {
        "id": "privacy-and-consent",
        "label": "Privacy and consent",
        "what": "Software that manages cookie consent and people’s requests about their data.",
        "also": ["cookie consent", "gdpr", "data privacy", "data subject requests"],
        "url": "https://mcpshortlist.com/privacy-and-consent",
        "category": "it-and-security",
        "software": [],
        "not_listed": []
      },
      {
        "id": "remote-support",
        "label": "Remote support",
        "what": "Software that lets a technician see and control a computer from afar.",
        "also": ["remote desktop", "remote access", "screen sharing"],
        "url": "https://mcpshortlist.com/remote-support",
        "category": "it-and-security",
        "software": [],
        "not_listed": []
      },
      {
        "id": "security-compliance",
        "label": "Security compliance",
        "what": "Software that prepares security audits and follows them.",
        "also": ["soc 2", "iso 27001", "audits", "grc", "governance risk and compliance"],
        "url": "https://mcpshortlist.com/security-compliance",
        "category": "it-and-security",
        "software": [],
        "not_listed": []
      },
      {
        "id": "security-monitoring",
        "label": "Security monitoring",
        "what": "Software that detects attacks and suspicious activity.",
        "also": ["siem", "threat detection", "threat intelligence", "soc"],
        "url": "https://mcpshortlist.com/security-monitoring",
        "category": "it-and-security",
        "software": [],
        "not_listed": []
      },
      {
        "id": "vulnerability-management",
        "label": "Vulnerability management",
        "what": "Software that finds known security flaws across a company’s systems and follows their fix.",
        "also": ["vulnerability scanning", "patching", "attack surface", "penetration testing"],
        "url": "https://mcpshortlist.com/vulnerability-management",
        "category": "it-and-security",
        "software": [],
        "not_listed": []
      }
    ]
  },
  "note": "Categories and sub-categories are ours. A product under \"software\" was sorted by us. A product \"not sorted yet\" sits in a category because the Claude connectors directory files it there. \"not_listed\" means not found in that directory, never \"has no connector\"."
}
```