Swimlane opens AI-enabled R&D center in Hyderabad, to staff 200 specialists

HYDERABAD: Swimlane, the largest pure-play AI-enabled security automation company, on Tuesday opened its Regional Cybersecurity Innovation and R&D center in Hyderabad.

The new location would serve as a strategic hub for product development functions and include operational functions for engineering, customer success, support, and finance. The company aimed to grow its engineering team resources from 75 engineers today to a team of 200 in 2024.

This expansion at Hyderabad center would further advance the development of the Swimlane Turbine low-code security automation platform with complementary artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities that were already helping security operations teams worldwide overcome security alert fatigue, data overload, and chronic staffing shortages.

“We are excited to open our new office in a global hub for innovation and talent. Security automation is one of the hottest segments of cybersecurity, and our new R&D facility serves a critical role in helping maintain our leadership position in automation. We look forward to tapping into India's top technical talent to continue building a world-class team of security automation experts,” said chief technology officer (CFO) Frans Xavier.

“Swimlane is shaping the future of security, and this expansion in India is a major step forward. We are not just keeping pace with the future; we're shaping it by unlocking new efficiencies and expanding the possibilities with AI across a multitude of real-world cases. Every enterprise and MSSP needs an automation platform, and with our continued investments, only Swimlane can deliver the automation outcomes customers expect,” said Cody Cornell, Swimlane co-founder and chief strategy officer.

Cody also said that with an expanded R&D presence in India, Swimlane would provide an opportunity to further advance the current AI capabilities of Swimlane Turbine and enable security operations teams to tap into the best AI more efficiently and solve the toughest security challenges, both inside and outside the SOC. This included use cases for security-adjacent departments like governance, risk, compliance, and fraud, he added.