Sicherungs-Division) was a rear-security division in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany.

The unit was converted to an infantry division in 1945, while stationed in Courland.

Formed in March 1941, the 281st Security Division served in Army Group North Rear Area, in Northern Russia.

[1] For the next two years, it was stationed in the northern sector and engaged in rear-area security and anti-partisan operations, although elements of the division saw action at the front line.

It retreated to the Oder River, where in May it surrendered with the rest of the 3rd Panzer Army.