Australian Signals Directorate
Australian Signals Directorate
Defence portfolio
Verified figures
- Contracts (all years): 9,389
- Contract value (all years): 5,246,569,515 AUD
- Contract value (2026): 165,395,698 AUD
- APS headcount: no publishable rows matched — this means the figure is unknown, not nil
- Budget 2026-27: 3,253,706 thousand AUD
- Highest total remuneration: 802,845 AUD
- Directory roles: 20
Figures use publishable matches only (alias, abn, exact, case, punct, trading_name, wide_exact). Retrieved 2026-09-01.
Coverage — named in the headline (32)
- 2026-02-24 — ASD launches malware analysis freeware
- 2026-02-12 — Low reporting rates prompt ASD to embed in-agency networks
- 2025-10-07 — ASD doubles cyber hygiene sniff-tests on sloppy private entities
- 2025-01-09 — Marles names ASD cybersecurity boss
- 2024-11-20 — Rachel Noble leaves ASD with a dent in incident numbers. That’s a good thing
- 2024-10-29 — ASD starts selling its Top Secret cloud services
- 2024-09-11 — We have spare undies: ASD restores Defence modesty amid unfortunate ITSEC audit
- 2024-08-29 — Movers & Shakers: ASD head revealed, CFMEU administrator appointed
- 2024-08-26 — New ASD director-general to start in September
- 2024-08-21 — New top cyber spook at ASD expected to be named imminently
- 2024-08-12 — Finance tells Pocock to call ASD
- 2024-07-21 — Defence, ASD and Future Fund revealed as CrowdStrike clients
- 2024-07-04 — ASD’s $2 billion top-secret cloud breaks cover, enlists AWS
- 2023-11-29 — ASD issues highest-level warning over ownCloud exploitation
- 2023-11-15 — Crap app-security, mid-sized business the cyber threat biggies ASD reckons
- 2023-07-12 — TikTok data gathering behind federal ban, says ASD
- 2023-04-20 — Five eyes, ASD expand warnings on 5G to rope in ‘smart cities’ and IoT
- 2022-11-16 — Check yourself before you wreck yourself: ASD issues urgent cyber health probe
- 2022-11-16 — Dad leave becomes ASD’s less than secret weapon
- 2022-11-03 — ASD reveals foreign state hackers hit Australian ‘energy provider’
- 2022-10-31 — ASD warned of critical vulnerability for ForceNet provider in 2021
- 2022-09-01 — ASD goes hard on minting cryptocurrency, releases new coin to market
- 2020-09-21 — ASD’s decision to cancel official history contract to be probed at Senate estimates
- 2020-04-15 — Commonwealth agencies ‘vulnerable to cyberthreats’, according to Australian Signals Directorate
- 2020-03-05 — ASD spied on Australians over past year due to ‘rare circumstances’
- 2020-03-03 — Government entities must strengthen cyber defence capabilities, ASD boss says
- 2019-08-08 — From code-breaking and cyber security to counter-terrorism: ASD boss picked to lead ASIO
- 2019-03-27 — What ASD cyber operatives really do to protect Australian interests
- 2018-07-13 — Don’t blame Mike: former ASD executive denies forced removal claim
- 2018-04-03 — ASD certifies first ‘hyperscale’ data service for Protected classification
- 2017-12-01 — Spy agency reshuffle: Nick Warner the supremo, new heads for ASIS and ASD
- 2016-09-13 — Australian Signals Directorate keen to secure the future
Passing mentions (10 shown)
Mentioned in the text but not the headline, so often not about this agency.
- 2026-08-24 — Defence issues official call-up for new Cyber Reserve Force
- 2026-08-09 — PBO shuts down Hume’s questions on cybersecurity hygiene
- 2026-07-20 — Defence contracting stalwart HiTech buys stricken public sector recruiter Hudson
- 2026-07-14 — When one AI key opens every cybersecurity door
- 2026-07-13 — Australian Space Agency stands up Indian mission terminal
- 2026-06-18 — Adopt AI quickly or fall behind, Bradshaw warns
- 2026-05-26 — Strikes continue at key government outsourcer DXC
- 2026-04-28 — Building cyber resilience through Zero Trust in the public sector
- 2026-04-23 — Don’t mention the government… Microsoft splashes $25bn on .au .ai
- 2026-04-20 — Prometheus rising: Anthropic’s frightening new baby is here
Payments to organisations — as reported by the agency
| Category | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Non-consultancy contracts | 20 | $669,654 |
| Consultancy | 4 | $1,148 |
Largest recipients across all reported years
| Organisation | ABN | Reported total | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Data 3 Group | 31010545267 | $114,646 | 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Boeing Defence Australia Ltd | 64006678119 | $98,972 | 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| DXC Technology Australia Pty Limited | 18008476944 | $80,663 | 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Whizdom Pty Ltd | 52119884945 | $61,799 | 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Keane Consulting Pty Ltd | 74082835185 | $60,682 | 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Leidos Australia Pty Limited | 79612590155 | $55,221 | 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Hitachi Vantara Australia Pty Limited (+1 other name(s) on this ABN) | 65005610079 | $51,352 | 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| VMware Australia Pty Ltd | 77122677089 | $37,431 | 2024-25 |
| Red Hat Asia-Pacific Pty Ltd | 35090438485 | $27,819 | 2023-24 |
| Splunk Services Singapore Pte Ltd | 43145813798 | $23,892 | 2024-25 |
| Splunk Services Singapore Pty Ltd | 48001503233 | $19,399 | 2023-24 |
| Nominet Australia Pty Ltd | 35634120951 | $18,941 | 2024-25 |
From the expenditure disclosures in each annual report — a separate source from the AusTender contract figures above, and not directly comparable with them.
Year by year
| Measure | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contracts | 1,149 | 1,135 | 1,284 | 1,558 | 1,535 | 1,424 | 1,304 | ||
| Contract value | $470,765,157 | $782,801,396 | $721,782,362 | $891,887,841 | $1,047,717,616 | $767,777,351 | $563,837,793 | ||
| Budget ($000) | 2,305,183 | 3,253,706 | |||||||
| KMP disclosed | 5 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 9 | ||||
| Top total pay | $685,286 | $468,460 | $741,694 | $802,845 | $662,324 |
An empty cell means no publishable row for that year — unknown, not nil. Never read a blank as a fall to zero.
Sources — annual reports
Each link opens transparency.gov.au — the published source the figures were read from. The label names the table to look for.
° The portal does not publish a path for this report, so the link opens the agency's reports on transparency.gov.au rather than that year directly. Pick the year from there.
