# Network security for agents

https://mcpshortlist.com/network-security

## Facts, sources and dates

Unknown values are null, never no or zero.

```json
{
  "example": false,
  "read_on": "2026-10-11",
  "subcategory": {
    "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": []
  },
  "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\"."
}
```