N-able opens Bengaluru center, plans 50% India workforce expansion

N-able has opened a Global Capability Center in Bengaluru and plans to expand its India workforce by at least 50% by the end of 2026, signaling that the cybersecurity company is building long-term engineering capacity in India rather than simply chasing lower labor costs. The new center already employs more than 100 people, and chief executive John Pagliuca said the move is meant to tap the country’s deep pool of AI, cloud-security and cybersecurity talent.

The Bengaluru office opened on June 15, 2026, and N-able said it is designed to strengthen business resilience, support compliance readiness and deepen access to local talent. Pagliuca said India matters because it offers the right capability base for the company’s next phase of growth, as cyber defenders face more complex threats and pressure to respond faster.

That push comes as N-able broadens the role of its product and research teams. The company, based in Burlington, Massachusetts, says it provides IT management, cybersecurity and data-protection software to more than 500,000 organizations worldwide. Its AI-powered cybersecurity platform spans data protection, security operations and unified endpoint management, and the Bengaluru team will help develop automated threat detection, monitoring and faster-response tools.

The timing reflects a wider shift in how cybersecurity work is being organized. As attackers increasingly use generative AI to mount more sophisticated intrusions, security vendors are under pressure to build defensive AI into their platforms while also keeping pace with compliance demands across markets. N-able said India plays a critical role for both local and global organizations dealing with cyber risk, compliance and operational complexity.

The company’s India move also fits a much larger boom in global capability centers. A Nasscom-Zinnov report published in May 2026 said India had 2,117 GCCs operating across 3,728 units, employing 2.36 million professionals and generating $98.4 billion in revenue in FY26. The report said the number of GCCs in India had grown 32% since FY21, 506 Forbes Global 2000 companies were running GCCs there, and nearly half of the centers set up since FY21 were built with AI at their core.

For N-able, the Bengaluru center is both a hiring plan and a product strategy. The company said it had 1,800-plus employees as of March 31, 2026, with $548 million in annual recurring revenue and a 30% trailing 12-month non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA margin. In a market where India is becoming a hub for AI-enabled engineering and security operations, N-able’s expansion shows how cybersecurity companies are reorganizing talent, product development and resilience around the same global center.