Every day in December, we’re taking a look back at some of our favorite content of 2025. For the 19th window, we’re spotlighting a customer story with Dennis Klemmer, Program Lead at a top automotive giant and Fortune 500 European leader.

How a Top Auto Giant Scaled Developer-Led Security

The organization partnered with Immersive to build a people-first DevSecOps program, after facing challenges with embedding security into daily development and keeping pace with evolving threats.

A Security Champions framework is at the core of the initiative. It uses a belt-based learning model that takes developers from foundational security knowledge to advanced, hands-on skills. By using real-world applications and adopting a hacker mindset, developers learn to identify and remediate vulnerabilities faster, driving greater efficiency and resilience.

The program continues to evolve today, scaling with the organization’s security needs and supporting high-risk applications.

Read the full story to learn how this automotive leader is building security into developer workflows with Immersive.