As cyber threats become more sophisticated and enterprise systems move deeper into cloud-based environments, Zscaler is steadily expanding its cloud security and digital defence operations across India to support growing global demand for zero trust security services.
The California-headquartered company has increasingly positioned India as an important engineering and operational base for software development, threat intelligence, cloud infrastructure management, technical support, and enterprise security services. The expansion reflects a broader industry shift in which multinational security firms are building larger technology and cloud protection capabilities across Indian technology hubs.
Founded in 2007, Zscaler has become one of the world’s largest cloud-native security companies, specialising in zero trust security architecture and secure cloud access solutions for enterprises and government organisations. The company serves more than 8,000 customers globally, including major financial institutions, healthcare providers, manufacturers, telecom operators, and public sector organisations.
According to company disclosures, Zscaler’s cloud-native security platform processes massive volumes of daily security transactions and cloud activity across its distributed global infrastructure. The company reported annual revenue exceeding USD 2 billion in fiscal 2025 as enterprise demand for cloud security, AI-driven threat detection, and secure digital infrastructure continued rising.
India is becoming increasingly important to that strategy.
The company has continued hiring across software engineering, security operations, AI security, cloud infrastructure, DevSecOps, technical support, and customer success functions in India. Many multinational cybersecurity and cloud companies have also continued expanding engineering and security hiring across India as global demand for specialised security talent rises.
India has emerged as a major global market for cybersecurity and cloud engineering talent, supported by a large engineering workforce, expanding cloud computing expertise, and growing enterprise technology capabilities. Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai, and Gurugram have become important centres for cloud engineering, enterprise software development, AI-driven technology services, and cyber defence operations.
India-based teams are increasingly contributing to product engineering, platform reliability, cloud infrastructure management, and enterprise support functions serving global customers across multiple markets and time zones.
India’s role within the global security ecosystem has also evolved significantly over the past decade. Earlier, multinational technology firms primarily used India for outsourced IT services and back-office support operations. Today, many global companies run core engineering, cloud security, and enterprise platform development functions from India-based centres.
That transition is accelerating as enterprises worldwide adopt hybrid work environments, multi-cloud infrastructure, and AI-powered applications.
The rapid adoption of generative AI tools during 2025 and 2026 has created new enterprise security challenges, particularly around data protection, identity management, phishing attacks, and cloud workload protection. As cyberattacks become increasingly automated and sophisticated, organisations are investing more heavily in zero trust frameworks and cloud-native security platforms.
Demand for zero trust and cloud-native protection platforms has continued rising as enterprises modernise digital infrastructure and expand cloud adoption across critical business operations.
Many multinational technology firms now operate large engineering, digital security, and cloud operations centres from India, supporting global infrastructure, threat monitoring, software development, and enterprise platforms. India-based teams are also increasingly involved in security operations centre functions, vulnerability management, AI security monitoring, and cloud infrastructure optimisation.
The country’s rapidly expanding digital economy is further strengthening long-term demand for enterprise security services. Growth across digital banking, fintech, e-commerce, telecom infrastructure, artificial intelligence, and enterprise cloud adoption is increasing the need for advanced cyber defence capabilities across both private and public sectors.
Government-backed digital infrastructure programmes and stricter cyber resilience requirements are also encouraging enterprises to modernise legacy security systems and adopt cloud-based protection models.
For companies like Zscaler, India is increasingly evolving into a strategic centre for cloud security engineering, digital infrastructure protection, and enterprise platform innovation.