Upwind to support Digital India’s Cloud and AI acceleration
Upwind, a next-generation, runtime-first cloud security provider, today announced an expansion of its presence in India to meet rapidly growing demand for real-time cloud risk management as cloud and AI adoption accelerate across the country. Building on its momentum in India’s fast-growing cloud market, Upwind plans to invest significantly over the coming years to scale its presence in the country. This includes expanding its already established engineering and go-to-market teams, strengthening local operations, and deploying an in-country SaaS instance to support data residency, performance and regulatory requirements for Indian enterprises, reinforcing India’s position as a strategic growth market within Upwind’s global expansion roadmap.
“India’s Digital India agenda is accelerating cloud adoption at national scale, from modern enterprises to critical public services, and that makes runtime cloud security a strategic imperative,” said Amiram Shachar, Co-founder and CEO of Upwind. “Attackers operate in real time, and today’s cloud environments change by the minute. Upwind was built to give teams an inside-out view of risk grounded in runtime context so they can cut through noise and identify what truly matters to the business, to focus on actual risk and act decisively. As cloud and AI become foundational to India’s economic growth and digital resilience, security must evolve to match that speed and scale. We’re doubling down on India with local infrastructure, regional expertise, and a partner ecosystem to help customers protect the cloud as it operates in production and drive secure innovation with confidence.”
Upwind’s India expansion is anchored in an in-country SaaS instance designed to support enterprise requirements around data residency, performance, and operational resilience. The company is also investing in scaling on-the-ground teams across engineering, field sales, solutions architecture, marketing, and customer support to ensure customers and partners have access to regional expertise aligned with India’s market realities.
Upwind’s India expansion is built on a partner-first approach. Over the past year, Upwind has added 100+ new partners across ISVs, MSPs and resellers, strengthened its strategic partnership with NVIDIA and hyperscalers such as Microsoft Azure, and recently announced a strategic partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS), further strengthening its expansion. As a select CNAPP partner integrated into the Extended Plan for AWS Security Hub, Upwind is embedded within AWS’s consolidated security operating model, enabling customers to procure, deploy, and operate runtime-first cloud security through a simplified single-vendor AWS experience.
Upwind’s continued investment in India reflects the country’s accelerating cloud and AI adoption and the growing enterprise need for real-time security outcomes tied to availability, revenue, and customer trust. Upwind accelerates Viksit Bharat via secure AI/cloud infrastructure as India's digital economy scales and regulatory expectations evolve. Upwind’s runtime-first approach is designed to help organizations protect modern cloud environments as they operate in real time.
