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RAY SEMKO "The D*I*C*E Man" BIOGRAPHY

Ray Semko is an expert security briefer and motivator who is widely known for the popular D*I*C*E Program he created in 1989. D*I*C*E stands for "Defensive Information to Counter Espionage." He uses Dice as a memory aid--every time you see dice, he wants you to think about the important message he conveyed in his briefing about security and OPSEC.

After serving 21 years in the US Army, Semko started doing security awareness briefings while a counterintelligence agent in the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) as a way to inform employees of the threats to our nation's security as the result of espionage. His D*I*C*E briefings became very popular and soon were in demand at other agencies.

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 since 1989.

Along the way, he has also worked as a counterintelligence officer at the Department of Energy, the National Security Agency and most recently, the Defense Security Service where he retired from over 35 years of US Government service.

Semko joined the Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies (CI Centre) in August 2006 to continue to provide his signature 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.

D*I*C*E Quotes:

"It's all about the information. Knowledge is paramount. We need to do a better job of protecting information--we're in a war situation."

"Bad guys want you to drop your awareness."

"We have the best rules and regulations regarding security, but collectively we have the worst attitude toward security."

"From 9/11 on we can never lower our security level. When you lower it, that's when they hit us. The high security level is the deterrent."

"Bad guys have to find information. Their job is to meet you. They'll be the least threatening person you'll ever meet. Their job is to listen to everything you have to say and if they think you can give them information that will help them hurt America, they will become your friend."

"We can't predict when the next bad thing will happen, we just know it will. Spies and terrorists are here among us. You have to be the eyes and ears, if you seen something strange, curious or suspicious, report it. It only takes one of you to prevent a catastrophe."

"Integrity is doing the right thing when no one is looking."

"OPSEC holds the key to protecting information in today's world. The threat will no longer be minimized by locks and fences--we have to get smart and start protecting our critical information from our adversaries. The future of our nation depends on it."

"Information is the ultimate weapon, and an unconventional weapon. And it is unconventional warfare that's being waged against the United States of America."

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