# Harness Agent DLC: Secure the Agent Lifecycle

DevFeed: [Harness Agent DLC: Secure the Agent Lifecycle](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/harness-agent-dlc-secure-the-agent-lifecycle-13445.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.harness.io/blog/introducing-harness-agent-dlc>)

Author: Jyoti Bansal

Published: 2026-07-21T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

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

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>)

Tags: [agentic-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic-ai.md>), [ai-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agents.md>), [lifecycle](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lifecycle.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>), [update](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/update.md>)

## AI overview

Harness introduces Agent DLC, a platform extension intended to help teams build, test, deploy, operate, and govern AI agents across the agent development lifecycle. The offering includes AI testing, an AIBOM, Agent Discovery, AI Firewall, and AgentTrace.

## Source excerpt

Secure AI agents from build to runtime with Harness Agent DLC, featuring AI testing, AIBOM, Agent Discovery, AI Firewall, and AgentTrace. | Blog