# Leidos Introduces Federal SOC Automation Platform

Leidos introduced UpHold Effect Agentic SOC Automation, an AI-based platform designed to automate selected security operations center tasks for federal cybersecurity teams. The announcement signals product development in the federal cyber-modernization market, but identifies no agency customer, solicitation, contract award, funding value, or procurement timeline; it is not a confirmed buying opportunity.

- Procurement teams can treat the platform as a capability for market research on automating selected SOC tasks, rather than evidence of an active acquisition.
- For contractors, the announcement highlights Leidos’s positioning in AI-enabled federal cybersecurity; no specific agency requirement or competitive procurement is identified.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Industries:** Information Technology
**Topics:** Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence
**Published:** October 07, 2026

### Government Entities
- U.S. federal agencies

### Vendors
- Leidos Holdings, Inc. (Platform developer)

### Sources
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