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.

17 requests
OFFICIAL OFFICIAL   Good Afternoon Ms Jones,   Thank you for your request under FOI.   ASD is deemed exempt from the provisions of the FO...
Remote Neural Monitoring
Internal review request sent to Australian Signals Directorate by Ashlee Garth on .

Reported for administrator attention.

Dear Australian Signals Directorate, Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews. I am writing to request an i...
The Organisational Suitability Assessments for Scott Wilson
Internal review request sent to Australian Signals Directorate by Scott Wilson on .

Awaiting internal review.

Since this OSA was conducted over a non-secure telephone and is in respect to myself, I must assume that it is OFFICIAL and that I have a demonstrab...
Remote Neural Monitoring
Request sent to Australian Signals Directorate by Huatahi William Manuel on .

Long overdue.

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews. I am writing because I believe I’ve been illegally connected to Rem...
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...
Remote Neural Monitoring
Internal review request sent to Australian Signals Directorate by Daniel Bourne on .

Awaiting internal review.

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews. I am writing to request an internal review of Australian Signals Di...
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...
OFFICIAL Good morning Christian,   In respect of your request for documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act), Australian inte...
Was I almost raided by law enforcement agents?
Clarification sent to Australian Signals Directorate by Adrian Dormer on .

Long overdue.

I wrote the NSA, citing their FOI laws. The NSA wrote me a 2 page report, thoughtfully addressing my request. I'm an Australian citizen, and they sp...
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...
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...
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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