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INVESTMENTS (Details) (USD $) | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 1 Months Ended |  |  |  |
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May 31, 2014 | Feb. 14, 2014 | Nov. 30, 2013 | Aug. 31, 2013 | Jul. 31, 2013 | Mar. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Feb. 28, 2014 | Jan. 31, 2014 | May 31, 2013 | Jul. 02, 2013 | Jun. 30, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Jul. 01, 2013
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity ownership percentage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9.99%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage |  |  |
VATI [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Initial investment, non-recourse note |  |  |  |  |  | $ 200,000 us-gaap_CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesAccretableYieldPeriodIncreaseDecrease / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = dss_VirtualAgilityTechnologyInvestmentsLlcMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percent of outstanding common stock |  |  |  |  |  | 7.00%dss_PercentOfOutstandingCommonStock / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = dss_VirtualAgilityTechnologyInvestmentsLlcMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total cash investment | 250,000 dss_CashInvestmentNet / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = dss_VirtualAgilityTechnologyInvestmentsLlcMember | 250,000 dss_CashInvestmentNet / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = dss_VirtualAgilityTechnologyInvestmentsLlcMember | 250,000 dss_CashInvestmentNet / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = dss_VirtualAgilityTechnologyInvestmentsLlcMember | 250,000 dss_CashInvestmentNet / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = dss_VirtualAgilityTechnologyInvestmentsLlcMember |  | 250,000 dss_CashInvestmentNet / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = dss_VirtualAgilityTechnologyInvestmentsLlcMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Preferred return on each non-recourse note |  |  |  |  |  | 1,250,000 us-gaap_ProceedsFromEquityMethodInvestmentDividendsOrDistributionsReturnOfCapital / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = dss_VirtualAgilityTechnologyInvestmentsLlcMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate investment |  |  |  |  |  | 2,000,000 us-gaap_InvestmentRelatedLiabilities / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = dss_VirtualAgilityTechnologyInvestmentsLlcMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Additional quarterly investments |  |  |  |  |  | 250,000 dss_AdditionalQuarterlyInvestments / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = dss_VirtualAgilityTechnologyInvestmentsLlcMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cost of investment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11,750,000 us-gaap_InvestmentOwnedAtCost / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = dss_VirtualAgilityTechnologyInvestmentsLlcMember | 11,250,000 us-gaap_InvestmentOwnedAtCost / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = dss_VirtualAgilityTechnologyInvestmentsLlcMember |
Investment owned shares |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 594,530 us-gaap_InvestmentOwnedBalanceShares / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = dss_VirtualAgilityTechnologyInvestmentsLlcMember |  |  |  | 657,119 us-gaap_InvestmentOwnedBalanceShares / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = dss_VirtualAgilityTechnologyInvestmentsLlcMember | 438,401 us-gaap_InvestmentOwnedBalanceShares / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = dss_VirtualAgilityTechnologyInvestmentsLlcMember |
Aggregate preferred return |  |  |  |  | 10,750,000 dss_PreferredAggregateProceedsFromEquityMethodInvestmentDividendsOrDistributionsReturnOfCapital / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = dss_VirtualAgilityTechnologyInvestmentsLlcMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-recourse notes |  |  |  |  |  | 1,600,000 us-gaap_NonRecourseDebt / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = dss_VirtualAgilityTechnologyInvestmentsLlcMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity ownership percentage |  |  |  |  |  |  | 60.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = dss_VirtualAgilityTechnologyInvestmentsLlcMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Variable return percentage |  |  |  |  |  | 1.875%dss_VariableReturnPercentage / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = dss_VirtualAgilityTechnologyInvestmentsLlcMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairment of investment |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7,050,000 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfRetainedInterest / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = dss_VirtualAgilityTechnologyInvestmentsLlcMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
DSS Technology Management [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percent of outstanding common stock |  |  |  |  |  | 7.00%dss_PercentOfOutstandingCommonStock / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = dss_DocumentSecuritySystemsTechnologyManagementMember |  | 6.00%dss_PercentOfOutstandingCommonStock / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = dss_DocumentSecuritySystemsTechnologyManagementMember |  |  |  |  |  |
Total cash investment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 400,000 dss_CashInvestmentNet / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = dss_DocumentSecuritySystemsTechnologyManagementMember | 100,000 dss_CashInvestmentNet / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = dss_DocumentSecuritySystemsTechnologyManagementMember |  |  |  |  |
Aggregate preferred return |  |  |  |  |  | 10,000,000 dss_PreferredAggregateProceedsFromEquityMethodInvestmentDividendsOrDistributionsReturnOfCapital / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = dss_DocumentSecuritySystemsTechnologyManagementMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity ownership percentage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 60.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = dss_DocumentSecuritySystemsTechnologyManagementMember | 60.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = dss_DocumentSecuritySystemsTechnologyManagementMember | 60.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = dss_DocumentSecuritySystemsTechnologyManagementMember
Variable return percentage |  |  |  |  |  | 15.00%dss_VariableReturnPercentage / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = dss_DocumentSecuritySystemsTechnologyManagementMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Third Party Investor [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total cash investment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 250,000 dss_CashInvestmentNet / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = dss_ThirdPartyInvestorMember |  |  |  |
Equity ownership percentage |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 40.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = dss_ThirdPartyInvestorMember |  |  |  |
Parent [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairment of investment |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11,750,000 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfRetainedInterest / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = us-gaap_ParentMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Noncontrolling Interest [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity ownership percentage |  |  |  |  |  |  | 40.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Impairment of investment |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 4,700,000 us-gaap_ImpairmentOfRetainedInterest / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = us-gaap_NoncontrollingInterestMember |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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