Leidos Holding

Leidos Holding is an American provider of technology and other services to defense customers. The system integrator actively cooperates with the Pentagon, the US Department of Homeland Security, the National Security Agency and other intelligence agencies. Leidos Holding is one of the 500 largest companies according to Fortune.

History

2023: Thomas Bell's appointment as CEO

At the end of February 2023, the board of directors of Leidos announced that it had chosen Thomas Bell to be the next chief executive officer of the company. He will succeed Roger Crohn, who is stepping down. Read more here.

2021: Payment of $1 million to 10 employees vaccinated against COVID-19

In early July 2021, the American IT company Leidos announced its intention to divide $1 million between 10 casual employees who have been vaccinated against the COVID-19 coronavirus. In total, the company has 40,000 employees around the world.

Managers of the company are not allowed to participate in the event organized by Leidos to encourage vaccination against COVID-19, but each of the 10 random employees will receive an amount of funds that is equal to the annual salary.

For more than 50 years, Leidos' mission has been to make the world safer, healthier and more efficient, "said Leidos CEO Roger Cron in a press release. - Through this campaign, we invest in our people and create a tangible incentive to save lives. If this prompts at least one person to be vaccinated, the money is well spent.

Leidos will give $1 million to 10 random employees who have been vaccinated against coronavirus

President Joe Biden intended to vaccinate 70% of the US population by July 4, 2021, but this goal was not achieved. A total of 331 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered, but only 147 million Americans have been fully vaccinated. In the U.S., vaccination rates are just below 50%, with 47.9% of Americans fully vaccinated.

Kron drew attention to the fact that in his company, as in the country as a whole, there is a slight slowdown in the growth of the number of people actually receiving the vaccine. So, he sees a huge need to gently push people who still doubt what position to take, and provide them with another reason to decide on this step.

Many economists agree that lotteries can be the incentive needed to vaccinate dissenters. The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), employers have the right to prohibit employees who refuse to receive the COVID-19 vaccine from returning to the workplace.^[1]

2019: Morgan Stanley: Leidos Holding to buy in next 12 months

In early August 2019, Morgan Stanley unveiled a list of large IT companies that bank analysts believe will be "accurately bought" over the next 12 months. Among them is Leidos Holding. Read more here.

2018: Capgemini buys Leidos cyber unit

In June 2018, French IT service provider Capgemini announced the purchase of a cybersecurity unit from Leidos. The company decided not to disclose the value of the transaction.

The agreement involves the sale of the Leidos Cyber structure, which offers corporate customers a "holistic platform" to service the entire security architecture. The platform includes integrated cyber defense solutions as well as managed services in this area.

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Leidos emphasizes that the work of the cyber division was tuned to a wide range of customers in the commercial market, while the company itself focuses on customers in the state and other tightly regulated sectors.

By June 2018, Leidos Cyber had about 500 employees in North America. Excluding this division, Leidos employs approximately 1,500 more information security specialists. After the closure of the deal with Capgemini, the American company will continue to develop and implement solutions for cyber protection of information systems, but will focus on state-owned clients.

Leidos Cyber is a pioneer in cybersecurity. It has identified a market to protect the industrial automation ecosystem to meet critical infrastructure requirements of global companies, says Capgemini CEO Paul Hermelin.

According to him, the division is ideal for Capgemini's work in the North American information security market.^[2]

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