Bengaluru, March 3 (.) Upwind, a next-generation runtime-first cloud security provider, on Monday announced a major expansion of its presence in India, citing rapidly growing demand for real-time cloud risk management as cloud and artificial intelligence adoption accelerates across sectors.

The company said it plans significant investments in the country over the coming years, including scaling its engineering and go-to-market teams, strengthening local operations, and deploying an in-country SaaS instance to support data residency, performance and regulatory requirements. India has been identified as a strategic growth market in Upwind’s global expansion roadmap.

India’s cloud ecosystem is expanding rapidly under the Digital India push, with increasing adoption of cloud-first public services, modern digital infrastructure and AI-driven workloads. According to industry data cited by the company, 85 per cent of large enterprises in India experienced at least one cloud security incident in 2025, while the average cost of a data breach reached ₹220 million.

Upwind Co-founder and CEO Amiram Shachar said the pace and scale of cloud and AI adoption in India demand a shift toward runtime cloud security, enabling enterprises to focus on live, reachable and exploitable risks in dynamic environments.

Rinki Sethi, CISO at Upwind, noted that evolving regulatory requirements such as the DPDP Act and CERT-In directions are pushing enterprises to prioritise real-time visibility and governance in cloud-native environments.

The expansion will follow a partner-first model, with the company strengthening collaborations with hyperscalers including Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, and deepening integration with AWS Security Hub.

Upwind recently raised $250 million in a Series B funding round to enhance its AI-powered threat detection capabilities and support global growth, including in India.

. . ARN