Speed is not the problem in AI-assisted development. Trust is.
Teams can generate code in minutes, but most organizations still lack a safe intake path for external artifacts. Dependencies, model assets, third-party packages, and copied snippets often enter pipelines with little inspection. That is how risk spreads quietly.
A DMZ-first architecture solves this by making one rule non-negotiable: external bytes do not enter core environments directly.
In a DMZ flow, incoming artifacts are isolated, scanned, and evaluated before promotion. Security scanners can check for malware, known vulnerabilities, leaked secrets, and policy violations. Only approved artifacts move forward. Everything else is rejected or held for review.
This is more than security hygiene. It creates operational clarity.
When an auditor asks, "How did this dependency get here?", you can answer with evidence instead of assumptions. When engineering asks, "Can we move faster?", the answer becomes yes, because safe intake is standardized and automated.
A DMZ is not a blocker. It is a control point that lets fast teams stay fast without gambling on blind trust.
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