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nClouds AWS Case Study | Knightscope
Knightscope is an advanced security technology company based in Silicon Valley that builds fully autonomous security robots that deter, detect and report. Its mission is to make America the safest country in the world.
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CHALLENGE
For the last two years, Knightscope had been preparing to take a huge step for their business, Director of Information Security Christopher Reider tells us. They were getting ready to sell their Autonomous Security Robots (ASRs) to government entities.
Cloud applications for the US government have strict security requirements. To meet them, Knightscope built an entirely new environment in AWS GovCloud. The final and most important step in the process was applying for FedRAMP certification. To do that, they needed a FedRAMP accredited Third-Party Assessment Organization (3PAO) to conduct a thorough review of their infrastructure and help them prepare for their upcoming FedRAMP audit.
“The [nClouds] team came in and really became a part of our team, truthfully. We were sending 30 or 40 emails back and forth every day. I was so impressed with the way that [nClouds] worked with our team, asked really good questions, and gave us some hard things to think about.”
THE SOLUTION
As leaders in the autonomous robotics field, the experts at Knightscope always want to make sure their partners understand how their technology works and operates in the real world.
Christopher Reider, director of information security at Knightscope, particularly appreciated the effort nClouds (formerly Cloudnexa) put into learning Knightscope’s product and technology so it could apply its AWS expertise to Knightscope’s unique use case.
nClouds began looking at the different endpoints and fine-tuning processes to match the security controls that FedRAMP requires, exploring Knightscope’s existing architecture to identify gaps and vulnerabilities.
nClouds and Knightscope routinely met for several working sessions a day for 60 days to meet Knightscope’s very tight deadline. Throughout the process, nClouds became an extension of Knightscope’s team.
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