SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) October 27, 2005

                          DATA SYSTEMS & SOFTWARE INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

          Delaware                        0-19771                22-2786081
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(State or Other Jurisdiction     (Commission file Numbers)     (IRS Employer
       of Incorporation)                                    Identification Nos.)

                 200 Route 17, Mahwah, New Jersey              07430
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               (Address of Principal Executive Offices)      (Zip Code)

        Registrant's telephone number, including area code (201) 529-2026
                                                           --------------

Check  the  appropriate  box  below  if the  Form  8-K  filing  is  intended  to
simultaneously  satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions:

|_|   Written  communications  pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
      CFR 230.425)

|_|   Soliciting  material pursuant to Rule 14a-2 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14a-2)

|_|   Pre-commencement  communications  pursuant  to  Rule  14d-2(b)  under  the
      Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

|_|   Pre-commencement  communications  pursuant  to  Rule  13e-4(c)  under  the
      Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

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Section  5 - Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal  Officers;  Election of Directors;
Appointment of Principal Officers

      On October 27, 2005, the  Registrant's  Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer  Yacov  Kaufman,  gave  written  notice  of his  resignation,  effective
November 30, 2005, from all positions with the Registrant and its  subsidiaries.
Mr. Kaufman also serves as the Registrant's  principal accounting officer. It is
currently  contemplated that Mr. Kaufman will continue in his positions with the
Registrant until November 30, 2005. No successor has yet been appointed.

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                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized on this 31st day of October 2005.


                           DATA SYSTEMS & SOFTWARE INC.


                           By: /s/ George Morgenstern
                           ---------------------------
                           Name: George Morgenstern
                           Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) October 27, 2005

                          DATA SYSTEMS & SOFTWARE INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

          Delaware                        0-19771                22-2786081
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(State or Other Jurisdiction     (Commission file Numbers)     (IRS Employer
       of Incorporation)                                    Identification Nos.)

                 200 Route 17, Mahwah, New Jersey              07430
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
               (Address of Principal Executive Offices)      (Zip Code)

        Registrant's telephone number, including area code (201) 529-2026
                                                           --------------

Check  the  appropriate  box  below  if the  Form  8-K  filing  is  intended  to
simultaneously  satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions:

|_|   Written  communications  pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
      CFR 230.425)

|_|   Soliciting  material pursuant to Rule 14a-2 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
      240.14a-2)

|_|   Pre-commencement  communications  pursuant  to  Rule  14d-2(b)  under  the
      Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

|_|   Pre-commencement  communications  pursuant  to  Rule  13e-4(c)  under  the
      Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Section  5 - Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal  Officers;  Election of Directors;
Appointment of Principal Officers

      On October 27, 2005, the  Registrant's  Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer  Yacov  Kaufman,  gave  written  notice  of his  resignation,  effective
November 30, 2005, from all positions with the Registrant and its  subsidiaries.
Mr. Kaufman also serves as the Registrant's  principal accounting officer. It is
currently  contemplated that Mr. Kaufman will continue in his positions with the
Registrant until November 30, 2005. No successor has yet been appointed.
SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized on this 31st day of October 2005.

                           DATA SYSTEMS & SOFTWARE INC.

                           By: /s/ George Morgenstern
                           ---------------------------
                           Name: George Morgenstern
                           Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer