The year 2021 was definitely challenging for security practitioners. The number of data breaches continued to rise; a report issued by the Identity Theft Resource Center stated that the total number of breaches in the first three quarters of 2021 exceeded the total number of events in all of 2020 by 17%.
Our longest-standing Developer Advocate, Mike Elissen, noticed an opportunity to make Akamai?s developer relations even stronger. He co-created Developer Champions, an advocacy program that helps Akamai employees better meet customer needs.