ASD News

As part of ASD’s Declassification Program, ASD has released documents about Australia’s signals intelligence (SIGINT) involvement during the Indonesian Confrontation, also known as Konfrontasi.

Congratulations to Joyce Grace, Coral Hinds and Ailsa Hale for being awarded the Australian Intelligence Medal. The Australian Intelligence Medal is awarded to a person who, as a member of the National Intelligence Community, has provided a distinguished service that directly contributes to national intelligence priorities, requirements, or capabilities.

As part of ASD’s declassification program, we are pleased to share with you information about Australia’s first supercomputer, the Cray X-MP, acquired by Defence Signal Directorate (DSD) in 1986.

Today the Australian Cyber Security Centre released its Annual Cyber Threat Report 2021-22

The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has been recognised for its contribution to supporting women in the security industry at an awards night in Sydney.

The Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) has partnered with the Australian Women in Security Network (AWSN) and Australian start-up OK RDY, to develop a mentoring program to increase the presence of women in the Australian security workforce.

As part of ASD’s declassification program, we are pleased to share with you SIGINT documentation relating to the 1952-1962 Malayan Emergency.

ASD hosts 32 students from Years 10-12, as part of our Cyber Security and Robotics Work Experience program.

ASD, in partnership with the Australian Bureau of Statistics, has won the 2022 Institute of Public Affairs Association’s collaboration award for ensuring the smooth running of the 2021 Census.