Hyderabad, June 18 (UNI) Google inaugurated its Google Safety Engineering Centre, India (GSEC India) in Hyderabad on Wednesday, the first such facility in the Asia-Pacific region and fourth globally.
Telangana Chief Minister Anumula Revanth Reddy inaugurated the facility along with IT Minister D. Sridhar Babu.
The centre would be the first of its kind in the APAC region and only the fourth in the world, with similar facilities in Dublin, Munich, and Malaga.
The GSEC India is a specialised International cybersecurity hub that will play a vital role in developing advanced security and online safety products for the Indian context.
It marks a pivotal milestone in the company's commitment to securing India's digital future, Google said in a release here.
The inauguration follows the unveiling of Google's Safety Charter for India's AI-led Transformation in Delhi on June 17.
The Centre in India will serve as the operational heart where strategic commitments transform into tangible solutions; and represents a unique convergence of Google's global safety expertise, bringing together teams focused on privacy and security engineering, and advanced cybersecurity capabilities under one strategic umbrella to address India's distinct digital landscape.
GSEC India will operationalise the three foundational pillars of Google's Safety Charter — keeping end users safe from online fraud and scams, strengthening cybersecurity for government and enterprise infrastructure, and building AI responsibly — while serving as a regional hub for developing solutions across the broader APAC region.
Speaking on the occasion, Revanth Reddy, said, "The establishment of GSEC represents a pivotal moment in Telangana's journey toward becoming a global hub for cybersecurity innovation. This first-of-its-kind facility in the Asia-Pacific region affirms Hyderabad's crucial role in developing privacy, safety, and cyber-defence solutions for the next billion users, placing our state at the forefront of global digital safety efforts."
With Telangana's GSDP projected to reach ₹16.5 lakh crore and IT/ITeS exports rising to ₹2.7 lakh crore, supporting over 9.5 lakh high-skill jobs, GSEC's presence will attract top-tier safety engineers and foster collaboration with academic institutions to tackle India's unique cybersecurity challenges while creating thousands of direct and indirect employment opportunities, Reddy said.
Preeti Lobana, Country Manager and Vice President, Google India, said, "With the inauguration of GSEC India today, we are bringing our global experience and expertise — from cutting-edge AI to foundational cybersecurity and user protection — to realize this commitment. Safety is a shared responsibility and this launch is a call for the entire ecosystem to come together and collaborate to make the entire chain stronger and smarter."
Heather Adkins, Vice President of Engineering, Google Security, said, "At Google, safety is built into everything we do, grounded in our 'secure by design, secure by default' philosophy. AI represents an inflection point for digital security -- a force multiplier that narrows the gap between defenders and attackers, even eliminating it entirely in some cases . With GSEC India, we’re situating these capabilities in India to serve its unique landscape and also be a lighthouse for our global security efforts.”
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