How a Top Auto
Giant Scaled
Developer-Led
Security

Discover how this Confidential Automotive Manufacturer partnered with Immersive to address core security challenges, help embed cutting-edge security practices into daily workflows, and make security skills development practical, relevant, and impactful for developers and stakeholders.

Organizational Background

A Fortune 500 company and a top-ranked organization on the inaugural Fortune 500 Europe list partner with Immersive to build a developer-led security culture at scale.

This partnership helped embed security practices within daily workflows. 

The Challenge

The company faced challenges equipping developers with practical security skills and integrating security into SDLC workflows. Meanwhile, they found it difficult to scale a dynamic application security training program that supports innovation and keeps pace with evolving threats.

Solution

The company launched a comprehensive DevSecOps Program centered on people and processes, including a Security Champions program designed to empower developers to take on essential security tasks effectively and efficiently. By establishing a DevSecOps maturity framework, developers could benchmark their current security practices and measure their effectiveness.

The program follows a structured, cumulative approach inspired by martial arts. It starts at a foundational "White Belt" level, covering security basics and company-specific processes. Participants progress to more advanced, comprehensive, and specialized security training using familiar technologies, learning by doing. The hands-on approach, interacting with real applications and supported by content that shares the hacker's mindset, means they learn to identify and fix vulnerabilities, driving both efficiency and cyber resilience.

Looking Ahead

The training program continues to evolve today, adding new levels to meet changing security needs. While company-specific modules are developed internally, foundational training and advanced levels provided by Immersive focus on offensive security practices, such as introductory penetration testing, for applications with elevated security requirements.