DVA File Number

Detects Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) file numbers used to identify Australian veterans and eligible dependants for health and support services.

Type

regex

Engine

universal

Confidence

medium

Confidence justification

Medium confidence: the constrained state-letter prefix and optional card-type letter provide moderate specificity. Corroborative keywords such as DVA, veteran, or defence service are recommended to reduce false positives from short alphanumeric codes.

Detection quality

Not detected

Jurisdictions

au

Regulations

AML/CTF Act (Cth), IPA 2009 (Qld), NDB Scheme (Cth), Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)

Frameworks

ISO 27001

Data categories

government-id, pii

Scope

narrow

Risk rating

8

Platform compatibility

Purview: Compatible, GCP DLP: Compatible, Macie: Compatible, Zscaler: Compatible, Palo Alto: Compatible, Netskope: Compatible

Pattern

\b[NVQSWATD][XKVGTASBM]?\s?\d{5,7}\b

Corroborative evidence keywords

DVA, Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs, veteran, veterans, ex-service, DVA card, DVA file, DVA number, government, agency, department, ministry, public sector, civil service, welfare, social services, public administration, statutory authority, regulatory body (+4 more)

Proximity: 300 characters

Should match

• NX1234567 — NSW DVA file number with card type letter X
• QA12345 — QLD DVA file number with 5 digits
• V123456 — VIC DVA file number without card type letter

Should not match

• B1234567 — Prefix letter B is not in valid DVA state set (NVQSWATD)
• NX12 — Too few digits after prefix letters (only 2)

Known false positives

• State-prefixed reference codes in non-DVA contexts may match the pattern. Mitigation: Require corroborative keywords such as DVA, veteran, or defence service within proximity.