Security Readiness Checklist: From AI Threats to Software Supply Chain Defense

Editor’s Note: The following is an article written for and published in DZone’s 2026 Trend Report, Security by Design: AI Defense, Supply Chain Security, and Security-First Architecture in Practice.

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Security by design is no longer a luxury of “shift left” idealism but a requirement for operational survival. As teams integrate AI agents and automated pipelines, the attack surface expands beyond human-scale management.