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Ather Energy Case Study

Customer Company Size

Mid-size Company

Region

Asia

Country

India

Product

Netskope for IaaS
Continuous Security Assessment for Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services
Netskope for Google G Suite

Tech Stack

Google Cloud Platform
Amazon Web Services
Google G Suite

Implementation Scale

Enterprise-wide Deployment

Impact Metrics

Customer Satisfaction
Digital Expertise
Cost Savings
Productivity Improvements

Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services

Applicable Industries

Automotive

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing
Product Research & Development

Use Cases

Cybersecurity
Predictive Maintenance
Edge Computing & Edge Intelligence

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Cybersecurity Services
Data Science Services

About The Customer

Ather Energy Pvt. Ltd. is a company that designs, manufactures, and markets smart electric scooters and charging infrastructure. The company is headquartered in Bengaluru, India. Ather Energy is transforming the industry by spearheading the adoption of e-scooters in India with its release of the most powerful smart scooter in the Indian market. Its scooters sport high-storage battery density, a dashboard for navigation information, 75 km of mileage, and take less than three hours to fully charge. Ather, whose business model includes setting up charging stations in every city it launches, is working on new products ahead of plans to expand to 30 cities in the next three years. With a focus on end-to-end customer experience and building smart transportation for the future, Ather embraces the cloud to accelerate the process of development, production, testing, and launch of their cloud-based connected scooters.

The Challenge

Ather Energy, a company that designs, manufactures, and markets smart electric scooters and charging infrastructure, faced several challenges. They lacked visibility into their public cloud infrastructure use across the organization, which made it difficult to maintain continuous compliance. The risk of misconfigurations could lead to the exposure of sensitive data. Additionally, they lacked the skilled resources to manage multiple cloud infrastructure services. As Ather's business relies on multiple public clouds and cloud services, they needed a single view into their entire environment to speed resolution when issues arise, and to gain the insights they need to address potential problems before they have any impact.

The Solution

To address these challenges, Ather implemented several solutions. They used Netskope for IaaS and Continuous Security Assessment for Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services. They also used Netskope for Google G Suite and partnered with Vinca Cyber for end-to-end cyber security solution recommendations and implementation. By using AWS and GCP, Ather powered agile DevOps processes that helped it bring new products and features to market quickly. Their entire scooter backend runs on the public cloud with each vehicle sending roughly 200MB of data per day. As Ather began their journey to the public cloud, they also needed to ensure strong security. They looked to Netskope for a cloud-native solution that provided continuous visibility into any potential risk across their multi-cloud infrastructure environment and to help them address their part in the shared responsibility models of each of the cloud providers they use.

Operational Impact

Proactive security assessment and configuration management based on best practices
Control of sensitive data from being exposed in the cloud
Continuous monitoring to prevent cloud infrastructures from falling out of compliance
Greater breadth and depth of visibility into cloud risk through a single pane of glass

Quantitative Benefit