Gartner Report: How MCP and the A2A Protocols Impact API Management

Modernize Your API security testing for the agentic era with Snyk

As analyzed in the 2025 Gartner® Report, the shift to AI agents requires a fundamental reevaluation of how we protect our interfaces. Snyk integrates automated API security testing directly into your workflow to address the unique risks of agentic protocols:

• Defend against "line jumping":

  • The Gartner insight: "Be alert to attacks like 'line jumping' (prompt injection before tool invocation)."

  • The Snyk solution: Our DAST engine provides continuous API security testing by simulating hostile inputs. This ensures your MCP servers validate logic before executing tools, stopping injection attacks in real time.

• Stop SSRF in the supply chain:

  • The Gartner Insight: "nforce strict data validation to prevent... Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerabilities."

  • The Snyk solution: Snyk API & Web performs targeted API security testing to scan endpoints for SSRF. We verify that your AI agents aren't being tricked into accessing sensitive internal metadata services or unauthorized private networks.

• Validate the "agent experience":

  • The Gartner insight: "Prepare your organization... by investing in robust API management that focuses on agent experience."

  • The Snyk solution: We automate the security testing of your API contracts. If your API drifts from its documentation, we catch it — ensuring your AI agents always have a reliable, secure, and compliant path to your data.