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The '''Defence Security andDivision Vetting Service(DSD)''' (formerly the '''''Defence Security and Vetting Service (DSVS)''' and the '''Defence Security Authority (DSA)'''''<ref>[https://www.igis.gov.au/sites/default/files/DSA_report.pdf Inspector General of Intelligence & Security, Report into the Defence Security Authority 2011]</ref>) is an agency in the Strategic Policy and Intelligence of the [[Department of Defence (Australia)|Australian Department of Defence]] responsible for [[protective security|Protective Security]] within the [[Australian Defence Organisation]] and the protection of theGovernment’s Department of Defence andplays thea [https://www.defence.gov.au/crucial Australianrole Defencein Force]maintaining whilenational in [[garrison]]security.

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== Functions ==

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* Investigations into major national security breaches (including the theft of seven rocket launches in 2007)<ref>[https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/exbikie-granted-immunity-in-rocket-launcher-case-now-facing-deportation-after-drug-bust-20160212-gmsp58.html Ex-bikie granted immunity in rocket launcher case now facing deportation after drug bust (smh.com.au)]</ref>