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BUSINESS COMBINATION (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  |  |  |
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Jul. 31, 2014 | Jun. 16, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Jul. 02, 2013 | Jul. 08, 2013 | Jul. 01, 2013
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Common stock, par value |  |  | $ 0.02 us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare | $ 0.02 us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare |  |  |
Shares held in escrow | 3,038,357 dss_NumberOfSharesHeldInEscrow |  |  |  |  |  |
Warrants issued in acquisition |  |  | 3,432,170 us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesOther |  |  |  |
Common stock, shares issued |  |  | 49,411,486 us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued | 46,172,404 us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued |  |  |
Exercisable at December 31, Weighted Average Exercise Price |  |  | $ 3.00 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableWeightedAverageExercisePrice |  |  |  |
Equity ownership percentage |  |  |  |  | 9.99%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage |  |
Professional fees |  |  | $ 1,445,000 us-gaap_AccruedProfessionalFeesCurrentAndNoncurrent |  |  |  |
Retirement of shares held in escrow (in shares) | 4,061,643 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares | 400,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares |  |  |  |  |
DSS [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Issuance of common stock for acquisition of Lexington Technology Group, net, (in shares) |  |  | 16,558,387 us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesAcquisitions / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = dss_DocumentSecuritySystemsCommonStockMember |  |  |  |
Common stock, par value |  |  | $ 0.02 us-gaap_CommonStockParOrStatedValuePerShare / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = dss_DocumentSecuritySystemsCommonStockMember |  |  |  |
Shares held in escrow |  |  | 7,100,000 dss_NumberOfSharesHeldInEscrow / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = dss_DocumentSecuritySystemsCommonStockMember |  |  |  |
Common stock, shares issued |  |  | 4,859,894 us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = dss_DocumentSecuritySystemsCommonStockMember |  |  |  |
Exercisable at December 31, Weighted Average Exercise Price |  |  | $ 4.80 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsExercisableWeightedAverageExercisePrice / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = dss_DocumentSecuritySystemsCommonStockMember |  |  |  |
Options outstanding |  |  | 2,000,000 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsOutstandingNumber / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = dss_DocumentSecuritySystemsCommonStockMember |  |  |  |
Expected volatility |  |  | 59.00%us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsExpectedVolatilityRate / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = dss_DocumentSecuritySystemsCommonStockMember |  |  |  |
Risk-free interest rate per annum |  |  | 0.90%us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsRiskFreeInterestRate / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = dss_DocumentSecuritySystemsCommonStockMember |  |  |  |
Retirement of shares held in escrow (in shares) | 4,061,643 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = dss_DocumentSecuritySystemsCommonStockMember |  |  |  |  |  |
Lexington [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Options expired/forfeited |  |  | 3,600,000 us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardOptionsForfeituresAndExpirationsInPeriod / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = dss_LexingtonCommonStockMember |  |  |  |
Sale of investment units, price per unit |  |  | $ 5.00 us-gaap_SharePrice / us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis = dss_LexingtonCommonStockMember |  |  |  |
Palladium Capital Advisors [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Shares held in escrow | 400,000 dss_NumberOfSharesHeldInEscrow / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dss_PalladiumCapitalAdvisorsMember |  |  |  |  |  |
Common stock, shares issued | 786,678 us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dss_PalladiumCapitalAdvisorsMember |  |  |  |  |  |
Retirement of shares held in escrow (in shares) | 400,000 us-gaap_StockRepurchasedAndRetiredDuringPeriodShares / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dss_PalladiumCapitalAdvisorsMember |  |  |  |  |  |
DSS Technology Management [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Common stock, shares issued |  |  | 240,559 us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dss_DocumentSecuritySystemsTechnologyManagementMember |  |  |  | 16,317,828 us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dss_DocumentSecuritySystemsTechnologyManagementMember
Equity ownership percentage |  |  |  |  |  | 40.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dss_DocumentSecuritySystemsTechnologyManagementMember |
Sale of investment units, price per unit |  |  | $ 1.87 us-gaap_SharePrice / dei_LegalEntityAxis = dss_DocumentSecuritySystemsTechnologyManagementMember |  |  |  |

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