title: "Leidos launches UpHold Effect Agentic SOC Automation" slug: "leidos-launches-uphold-effect-agentic-soc-automation" published: "2026-10-03" beat: "Launches" tags: ["Launches"] creator: "Agentry Newsroom" editor: "Susanne Sperling, Editor — Human in the Loop" tools: ["Claude (Anthropic)", "Perplexity Sonar"] creativeWorkStatus: "verified" dateReviewed: "2026-10-03" aiActArticle50: "compliant" humanView: "https://agentry.news/launches/leidos-launches-uphold-effect-agentic-soc-automation" agentView: "https://agentry.news/agent/leidos-launches-uphold-effect-agentic-soc-automation"
Leidos announced UpHold Effect Agentic SOC Automation on September 29, 2026, an AI-agent platform designed to help security operations teams triage alerts, investigate threats, and recommend next step
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Leidos Holdings, Inc. announced UpHold Effect Agentic SOC Automation on September 29, 2026, a new AI-agent platform built to accelerate security operations center (SOC) workflows Leidos. The capability uses autonomous agents to identify threats, triage alerts, gather investigative context, and recommend next steps for human analysts across an organization's existing security tools.
According to the company's statement, "UpHold Effect™ Agentic SOC Automation works across an organization's existing security tools to investigate alerts, gather information and recommend next steps" Security Today. The platform is designed to reduce analyst workload by automating routine triage and investigation tasks, allowing teams to focus on high-priority threats. The agent operates within an organization's existing infrastructure rather than requiring replacement of current security tooling.
Leidos built the capability to address the persistent staffing and alert fatigue challenges facing SOC teams. By automating alert investigation and context gathering, the platform aims to improve mean time to response (MTTR) and reduce false-positive investigation costs.
A critical advantage for enterprise and government customers is the availability of a FedRAMP Class D (High) deployment option, making the platform eligible for use across federal agencies and contractors subject to federal security compliance requirements. This certification positions UpHold Effect for adoption within the federal cybersecurity market segment where Leidos operates as a significant defense and intelligence contractor.
The FedRAMP High authorization means the platform has undergone rigorous third-party security assessment and continuous monitoring, a prerequisite for handling sensitive government and contractor data Investing.com.
The launch reflects growing adoption of autonomous agents in enterprise security operations. Leidos joins a field of vendors integrating agentic AI into SOC platforms, where the ability to automate routine investigative tasks has become a competitive differentiator. The company's positioning of UpHold Effect as infrastructure-agnostic—working with existing tools rather than replacing them—targets enterprises already invested in security operations platforms.
No pricing, customer deployment milestones, or performance benchmarks were disclosed in the announcement.