From security sprawl to intelligent, AI-driven defense
Three points to remember
- Proactive AI-driven defense is designed to team with humans to help neutralize threats before they materialize, supporting resilience against evolving cyberattacks.
- Scalable intelligent workflows adapt to complex challenges, safeguarding critical systems and operational continuity.
- Faster insights support mission-critical decision making, helping to improve security and operational resilience.
In today’s world, cyberattacks have emerged as the first strike in conflict, targeting critical systems and infrastructure to disrupt operations and destabilize organizations. As threats grow in volume, velocity and variety, the need for proactive, scalable and intelligent solutions has never been greater. Leidos and VAST are at the forefront of this transformation, providing AI-driven workflows that are designed to adapt to threats, reduce time to insight and support mission-critical decisions.
Proactive defense in a rapidly evolving landscape
The days of reactive defense are over. In the time it takes you to read this paragraph, an attacker has infiltrated a network and exfiltrated data. The adversary is fast, deceptive and merciless. Rather than wait to be attacked, organizations need fully integrated solutions that anticipate and neutralize threats before they materialize. By leveraging AI-driven insights and accelerated hardware like the NVIDIA Bluefield DPU, defenders can identify patterns, detect anomalies and act decisively to protect critical systems. This proactive approach is designed to support organizations, so they have a chance of staying ahead of attacks.
We’re going to be able to hunt at a much better capability than we ever have before because we can automate all of the traditional vectors of hunt. We can do very complicated multivariate hunts now across this data in seconds versus the four and five hour index tax we’d have to pay under the traditional SIEM structure.
Josh Salmanson
VP, Defensive Cyber
Scale Mission Drivers from complex challenges
Modern conflict demands solutions that scale to meet the complexity of today’s operational environments. Whether it’s safeguarding national security systems or supporting the resilience of critical infrastructure, scalability is key. Leidos Mission Drivers, powered by VAST, deliver intelligent workflows that work to seamlessly integrate across diverse systems, helping organizations process huge amounts of data, adapt to evolving threats and maintain operational continuity. These Mission Drivers are designed to grow with the mission, so defenders are equipped to handle challenges both today and tomorrow.
Reducing time to insight for faster decisions
In the face of cyber and physical threats, time is a critical factor. The ability to quickly analyze data, extract actionable insights and make informed decisions can mean the difference between success and failure. Leidos’ VAST-powered Mission Drivers have intelligent workflows designed to reduce time to insight and aim to provide decision makers with the information they need when they need it. By streamlining data processing and delivering contextually relevant insights, these solutions are designed to support faster, more effective responses to emerging threats.
Supporting mission-critical decisions with confidence
At the heart of every operation is the need for trusted, secure solutions that support mission-critical decisions. Leidos and VAST are committed to maintaining strong reliability and security standards, helping advanced workflows remain resilient and trustworthy. This commitment to excellence helps support organizations as they focus on their missions, with Mission Drivers designed to enhance protection and inform decision-making.
You have to have a level of calibrated trust across [agentic] systems so you can step into them in a way that is responsible, auditable. You have cost controls and auditability across those consumption-based capabilities.
Rob Linger
VP, Information Advantage
Delivering outcomes that matter
Ultimately, the convergence of defensive cyber, AI and information advantage is about delivering outcomes that matter to customers. Whether it is rearchitecting the security operations center (SOC) to become the SOC of the Future, with the combination of Leidos UpHold Aware™ and UpHold Effect™, or AI-platforms that transform fragmented data into unified, actionable intelligence , like Leidos HeadWay Mission OS™ and HeadWay Taskmaster™, these Mission Drivers are modernizing the way organizations achieve their goals.
This transformation depends on an underlying ability to orchestrate complex ecosystems where systems can operate seamlessly in any context. By implementing capabilities that keep your multi-vendor agents coordinated, contained, and compliant across cloud, classified, and disconnected environments, organizations can reduce sprawl and drive an AI-intelligent defense with confidence, scale, and control.
At their core, Mission OS and the SOC of the Future share the same foundational architecture and operating principles. The primary distinction lies in the sensors and data sources integrated to support the specific requirements of each mission. Together, Leidos and VAST are helping to provide defenders with the tools they need to protect what matters most and make mission-critical decisions with confidence.
