US firm SentinelOne sets up a cyberattack centre in Bangalore
United States based SentinelOne, cybersecurity company, has launched SentinelOne’s Operations Centre in Bengaluru, to help people in the close areas and regions to be aware and can fight the cyber crimes. The Centre will focus on innovation, product development, threat research, and engineering, recruiting top talent to modernize cyber defense.
The firm has decided to invest a roughly income of $50 million in India over the years, the company has taken this decision to expand its global recognition.
With increasing cyberattacks in India, the Computer Emergency Response team (CERT – In) has reported that the Asian sub – continent faced 11.5 million cyberattacks in 2021. India is also facing shortage of skilled cybersecurity employees.
“SintinelOne’s Bengaluru Operations Centre represents an investment in talent and technology to serve the local market and our global customer base. The Centre’s engineers and threat researchers will focus on cutting – edge cybersecurity innovations to address the exponentially growing threat landscape. Bengaluru was a natural choice because of the talent footprint and market opportunity that India presents.” said Ric Smith, Chief Technology Officer, SentinelOne.
SentinelOne announced the acquisition of Attivo Networks for $616.5 million as part of its inorganic growth strategy including its India based activities.