In support of advancing secure information sharing across agencies and allied nations, including efforts tied to AUKUS Pillar 2, Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) recently achieved Trusted Secure Enclave (TSE) Vetted Partner status from Amazon Web Services (AWS). This premier designation is awarded to organizations that meet the highest standards for secure enclave design and deployment. At the core of this designation is the Leidos Secure Environment (LSE), a cloud-based, automated infrastructure and governance platform built on AWS TSE. LSE enables secure collaboration across multi-organization and international environments, allowing global teams to jointly conduct design, research, and development for sensitive workloads and data. As global missions grow more interconnected, the ability to securely share information across agencies and allied nations is essential. This achievement positions Leidos at the forefront of enabling trusted and cross-border collaboration and technology modernization efforts.
“Achieving AWS Vetted Partner status validates our leadership in building secure cloud architectures for the world’s most complex missions,” said Kevin Fogarty, senior vice president and chief technology officer for the Commercial and International Sector at Leidos. “Solutions like LSE provide an ideal foundation for AUKUS information sharing, which requires highly secure policy-driven collaboration that can be delivered at speed and scale.”
“As a TSE Vetted Partner, Leidos delivers trusted, innovative solutions powered by AWS’s secure, proven cloud infrastructure,” said John Nicely, global national security and defense at AWS. “Our collaboration enables LSE’s rapid, secure infrastructure deployment — while maintaining the highest standards of verification and compliance — to help safeguard nations and allies when time is of the essence.”
AUKUS also styled as Aukus, is a trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States intended to “promote a free and open Indo-Pacific that is secure and stable.”[1] Initially announced on 15 September 2021, the partnership involves two lines of effort referred to as pillars. Pillar 1 focuses on Australia acquiring nuclear-powered attack submarines and the rotational basing of US and UK nuclear-powered attack submarines in Australia.[4] Pillar 2 entails the collaborative development of advanced capabilities in six technological areas: undersea capabilities, quantum technologies, artificial intelligence and autonomy, advanced cyber, hypersonic and counter-hypersonic capabilities, and electronic warfare; and in two broader functional areas: innovation and information sharing.
Leidos Holdings, Inc. is an American defense, aviation, information technology, and biomedical research company headquartered in Reston, Virginia, that provides scientific, engineering, systems integration, and technical services. Founded as Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Leidos merged with Lockheed Martin’s IT sector, Information Systems & Global Solutions (Lockheed Martin IS&GS), in August 2016 to create the defense industry’s largest IT services provider. The Leidos-Lockheed Martin merger is one of the biggest transactions thus far in the consolidation of the defense sector. Leidos contracts extensively with the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Intelligence Community, as well as other U.S. government agencies and select commercial markets.
