Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) is partnering with Dropzone AI to help U.S. federal agencies respond to cyber threats faster and with less strain on their teams.
Federal security operations centers (SOCs) face a growing challenge, which has accelerated with the explosion of AI assisted threats: too many alerts and not enough people, leading to alert fatigue. Leidos and Dropzone AI aim to solve that problem by deploying agentic artificial intelligence to help handle routine cyber investigations, so human analysts can focus on more complex and critical threats.
“Our customers are looking for practical ways to use AI—not experiments,” said Steve Hull, president, Leidos Digital Modernization. “This partnership helps federal agencies address the growing threat landscape while working to improve response times, reduce analyst fatigue, and stay compliant with federal security rules.”
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Download free sample pages More informationThis partnership blends the best of federal cyber with leading-edge, commercial-proven cyber capabilities. Leidos brings deep experience running secure, government-approved cyber environments. Dropzone AI provides commercially proven defensive AI agents to perform actions traditionally handled by human security analysts, drastically increasing their capacity to quickly review alerts, gather context, and recommend next steps and perform follow-on actions if authorized.
Leidos is accelerating the deployment of this commercial capability to the government in two ways. First, Leidos is working with Dropzone to ensure their commercial AI SOC analysts understand federal SOC operations. Second, Leidos and partner Second Front Systems (2F) are deploying Dropzone AI within 2F Game Warden to expedite adoption within the federal market.
As the preferred services partner for Second Front, Leidos works to accelerate the onboarding and authorization of critical technologies helping the government take advantage of advances in the commercial market safely and compliantly. 2F Game Warden is designed to make it easier and faster for commercial AI software, such as Dropzone AI, to move into government classified and unclassified environments while maintaining strict security standards. The goal is a solution that reaches sensitive environments faster—without compromising security.
“Dropzone’s AI agents have already automated the equivalent of more than 160 years of manual analysts work across over 300 commercial organizations, enabling security teams to respond to threats up to 90% faster and with less manual effort” said Edward Wu, Dropzone AI’s Founder and CEO. “Partnering with Leidos, using 2F Game Warden, allows us to bring that proven capability into highly-regulated government environments, so critical agencies can sense, understand, and act on ever-intensifying cyber threats at machine speed.”
As part of the collaboration, Leidos has also made a strategic investment in Dropzone AI underscoring a shared focus on delivering trusted, mission-ready cyber capabilities to government customers. Together, Leidos and Dropzone AI are accelerating the transformation of government SOCs in the AI age.
