Australian Signals Directorate

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Who we are

ASD is a vital member of Australia’s national security community. We work across the full spectrum of operations required of contemporary signals intelligence and security agencies. This includes intelligence, cyber security and offensive cyber operations in support of the Australian Government and Australian Defence Force (ADF).

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REDSPICE cover image

REDSPICE

REDSPICE is the most significant single investment in the Australian Signals Directorate over its 75-year history. It will deliver forward-looking capabilities essential to maintaining Australia’s strategic advantage and capability edge over the coming decade and beyond.

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Careers

We are looking to recruit and develop a curious and imaginative workforce that is not deterred by challenges or obstacles, but excited by them. ASD operates in incredibly challenging and dynamic technical and operational environments, and our success is founded in the ingenuity of our workforce. At ASD, your ingenuity has a real impact – together we keep Australians secure.

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Corporate Plan 2024–25

The Corporate Plan outlines how ASD will respond to the challenges of the next four years, including through increased investment in ASD’s cyber and intelligence capabilities. This investment, known as the REDSPICE (Resilience, Effects, Defence, Space, Intelligence, Cyber, Enablers) package, recognises the critical role ASD plays in our national security.

Declassified: INFUSE

INFUSE was the Australian Signals Directorate's (ASD's) first electronic computer and operated at our Albert Park Barracks headquarters from 1958 to 1966. Designed and built in the United Kingdom, it was an evolution of the WW2-era COLOSSUS, which was arguably the world’s first computer.

Our History Timeline

For 75 years, ASD has collected intelligence about foreign adversaries while keeping our own national secrets safe. Explore ASD’s history and trace its origins back to the Second World War, when Australian Navy, Army and Air Force personnel were brought together to intercept and decode radio signals.

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Old work space of Australian Signals Directorate.
Old work space of Australian Signals Directorate.

75th Anniversary Stories

The Australian Signals Directorate has a rich history. ASD can trace its origins back to the Second World War then was formed as a peacetime signals intelligence organisation in Albert Park, Melbourne. To learn more about ASD’s roots and beginnings, read some of our stories.

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Photo of staff from the Defence Signals Bureau (as we were first named) from around 1953, around five years after the organisation was formed.
Photo of staff from the Defence Signals Bureau (as we were first named) from around 1953, around five years after the organisation was formed.

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Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of Country throughout Australia and their continuing connections to land, sea and communities. We pay our respects to them, their cultures and their Elders; past, present and emerging. We also recognise Australia's First Peoples' enduring contribution to Australia's national security.

Authorised by the Australian Government, Canberra