Australian Signals Directorate

Part of the Defence portfolio and a Federal authority, also called ASD

The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD, formerly DSD) is an intelligence agency in the Australian Government Department of Defence, with its headquarters in Canberra.

Our mission, ‘Reveal their secrets, protect our own’, accurately summarises our role. ASD:

  • collects and analyses foreign signals intelligence, known as Sigint
  • provides advice and assistance on information and communications security, known as InfoSec.

This authority is not obliged to respond to your request under FOI, but we feel it should be.

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Remote Neural Monitoring (RNM), Voice to Skull (V2K), Direct Energy Weapons (DEW)
Response by Australian Signals Directorate to David Iorlano on .

Waiting clarification.

OFFICIAL Good morning David, Thank you for your email. The information provided in your email is not considered a valid Freedom of Information requ...
General Ledger (Last 5 Financial Years)
Response by Australian Signals Directorate to Trent Morrison-Francis on .

Refused.

OFFICIAL OFFICIAL   Good Afternoon Ms Jones,   Thank you for your request under FOI.   ASD is deemed exempt from the provisions of the FO...
Usage of haveibeenpwned.com
Response by Australian Signals Directorate to Rex Banner on .

Refused.

OFFICIAL Good morning Rex, In respect of your request for documents under the Freedom of Information Act 198 (FOI Act), Australian intelligence agenci...
Optus breach communications
Response by Australian Signals Directorate to Lucas Baird on .

Refused.

OFFICIAL Good afternoon Lucas, Thank you for contacting the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC). In respect of your request for documents under t...
Transfer of funds to the Digital Transformation Agency under CN3582734
Response by Australian Signals Directorate to Christian on .

Refused.

OFFICIAL Good morning Christian,   In respect of your request for documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), Australian inte...
Information on Wikileaks, its Australian staff, and Julian Assange.
Request to Australian Signals Directorate by Snehan Kekre. Annotated by JS on .

Long overdue.

ASD is exempt from the operation of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 - see annual report https://www.asd.gov.au/publications/annual-report-2018-19...
FOI Delegations
Request sent to Australian Signals Directorate by Ben Fairless on .

Long overdue.

Under section 23 of the Freedom of Information Act, the principal officer or minister can make arrangements to give their decision making powers to...
Breaking International Law
Response by Australian Signals Directorate to J.M. Porup on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon   The Department of Defence has been asked to provide a response to your request for access to documents relating to t...
Private use of social media advice provided to employees
Request sent to Australian Signals Directorate by James Smith on .

Long overdue.

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I request documents related to the ten most recent instances where an employee has sought...
FOI Delegations - 2016
Response by Australian Signals Directorate to Ben Fairless on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Good afternoon Mr Fairless, Thank you for your request. FOI requests are handled centrally by the Department of Defence, I believe the e...
Social media policy
Response by Australian Signals Directorate to James Smith on .

Information not held.

UNCLASSIFIED Good morning James, Defence's FOI address is: [email address] Please feel free to contact the FOI team with this request. Regards,...
ASD Budget 2015-16
Response by Australian Signals Directorate to Jesse Cuthbert on .

Refused.

UNCLASSIFIED Dear Mr Cuthbert   Please find attached the decision letter for FOI request 161/15/16.   Regards   Michelle Rueckert Assistant Di...
IT Network Documentation - IPv4/v6 Public Facing addresses
Follow up sent to Australian Signals Directorate by Ben Fairless on .

Long overdue.

I refer to my request sent via Right to Know. The full request can be found here: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/688/ I forgot to add that...

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