# How Cloudflare detects MCP traffic and helps secure it

DevFeed: [How Cloudflare detects MCP traffic and helps secure it](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-cloudflare-detects-mcp-traffic-and-helps-secure-it-116.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.cloudflare.com/mcp-security-updates/>)

Author: Kenny Johnson

Published: 2026-08-14T13:12:12Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Cloudflare Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/cloudflare-blog.md>)

Topics: [MSP MCP](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/msp-mcp.md>), [AI Chat](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-chat.md>)

Tags: [agentic-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic-ai.md>), [agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agents.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [cloudflare-one](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloudflare-one.md>), [mcp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mcp.md>), [product-news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product-news.md>), [sase](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sase.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [zero-trust](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/zero-trust.md>)

## AI overview

Cloudflare announces Cloudflare One controls for identifying MCP traffic, finding shadow connections, and enforcing Portal-only access to trusted MCP servers on managed network paths.

## Source excerpt

Cloudflare Gateway identifies MCP requests using protocol-level heuristics. Security teams can use that signal to find shadow MCP traffic, enforce Portal-only access for approved servers, and block direct connections on managed network paths.