CI CENTRE PRESS RELEASE

1 AUGUST 2006

CONTACT: Kristina Scholze

703-642-7453

http://cicentre.com

ALEXANDRIA, VA--Ray Semko, security expert and presenter of the well-known “Defensive Information to Counter Espionage (D*I*C*E)” security awareness briefings, has joined the Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies (CI Centre), a counterintelligence, counterterrorism and security training company in Alexandria, VA. He will continue to provide his popular D*I*C*E briefings but now to an expanded audience of federal, state and local government, police, public safety, military, corporations and other organizations who wish to increase their employee’s security awareness of threats from espionage (including cyber and industrial espionage) and terrorism as well as enhance employee awareness of OPSEC (operations security) and information security.

                Since 1989, Semko has presented his unique, entertaining, unclassified D*I*C*E briefings around the world to thousands of US government, military, public safety and industry personnel. His objective is to help the audience recognize America’s adversaries, their targets and methods of operation and how to prevent these adversaries from exploiting our nation’s security by protecting classified, proprietary and sensitive information. Semko was a counterintelligence agent for the US Army and has worked in the US Intelligence Community since 1971, including the Defense Security Service, National Security Agency, Department of Energy and Defense Intelligence Agency.

                “Ray Semko has a real passion for counterintelligence and security awareness and does so in an innovative and dynamic way that engages the audience and leaves them more aware of today’s threats,” said David G. Major, President of the CI Centre. “Through the CI Centre, Ray will now be able to offer his D*I*C*E briefings to an even wider audience so that more people will hear his important message about protecting our nation’s security.”

                The price for the two-hour Defensive Information to Counter Espionage security awareness briefing, which is tailored to meet an organization’s requirements and needs, is $3,000 plus travel expenses. For more information or to schedule a briefing, please go to CI Centre’s website, http://cicentre.com, call 703-642-7450 or toll free 1-866-779-8735.

About the Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies (CI Centre):

The CI Centre is a private company located near Washington, DC that provides advanced counterintelligence, counterterrorism and security training courses to the US government, military and private sector. It was founded in 1997 by David G. Major, a senior FBI Supervisory Special Agent who spent his career working and supervising counterintelligence cases in the Bureau, and was appointed the first Director of Counterintelligence Programs at the National Security Council during the Reagan Administration. A passionate advocate of the CI, CT and security disciplines, Major has gathered together an instructor team of expert intelligence professionals who worked for the FBI, CIA, Military Intelligence, State Department, Department of Justice, Canadian RCMP and Russian KGB as well as accomplished intelligence historians to pass on their knowledge and experience to the next generation. Please note the official way of spelling our company’s name CI Centre is with a “re”.