India, April 28 -- The cloud story in India is no longer about adoption. That phase is over. What comes next is more complex. More urgent. And far less forgiving.

In a recent interaction, Simarpreet Singh,Country Manager for India and SAARC at Upwind, spoke about how cloud security is evolving and why partners are becoming central to this shift.

His perspective is grounded in experience. Nearly two decades across enterprise technology and the last few years deep inside cybersecurity.

India is no longer an emerging cloud market. It is a defining one. "APJ is the growth market, and India within APJ is the fastest growing," Singh explained.

Cloud usage in India has grown sharply over the last five years. Enterprises are expanding workloa...