Get details of a GRC risk including impact, likelihood, and controls
AI agents call get_grc_risk to retrieve information from ServiceNow-MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) risk information from ServiceNow. It queries existing risk records and returns their attributes without creating, modifying, or deleting any data. The operation has no side effects and presents minimal security risk unless the returned risk data itself is sensitive. Classification as Read is appropriate.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_grc_risk' and description 'Get details of a GRC risk including impact, likelihood, and controls' indicate a retrieval operation.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get details of a GRC risk including impact, likelihood, and controls. It is categorised as a Read tool in the ServiceNow-MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the ServiceNow- MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_grc_risk: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches ServiceNow-MCP. Nothing to install.
get_grc_risk is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get_grc_risk rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get_grc_risk. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
get_grc_risk is provided by the ServiceNow- MCP server (tedorigawa001/servicenow-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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