An Interview With Ray DICE Man Semko

You might already remember that I run two podcasts: DoDSecure and Running and footrace Training. I recently interviewed Ray D*I*C*E Man Semko on my podcast DoDSecure. I hope you're ready to get to the podcast as there are many topics covered from security clearances to protecting classified information.

What struck me most was his drive and focus leading him to his branding of D*I*C*E which stands for Defensive Information Countering Everything. this is often what he calls the "anchor point" then much is made around it. He wanted how for people to specialise in what's important concerning national security. DICE provides quite just a bumper sticker or slogan, but rather a movement that has created more reporting opportunities and has actually led to the capture of a spy.

The DICE concept took a short time to develop and catch on. Initially, Ray was scheduled to supply a security awareness briefing and he realized he had to possess an anchor or something to create the main target around. At the time, the U.S. Army had a slogan well underway at the time and lots of may remember Subversion And Espionage Directed Against the military or SAEDA. This was a tough acronym to recollect for several . I remember the problem I had applying it as a chilly war soldier and whenever asked ended up replying. "Syrup And Eggs don't Agree (SAEDA)".

Now Ray had a chance to develop something original and jumped at the prospect after being commissioned by his employer to try to to so. "So this is often my chance to be original, to think outside the box. and i am thinking, OK, what am I getting to do and this is often where anchoring entered my mind," he says. "If you're prepared for that moment, you do not know what that moment's getting to be. you do not know what it what's getting to entail, but if you're as prepared as you'll be by knowing your job by having confidence in yourself to perform your job, all aspects of it, whatever you're called upon to try to to ," he continued.

It took him 14 years to urge thereto point. Now he had the anchor point or something to recollect . One results of that specific anchor point, D*I*C*E is that a DIA employee felt that they needed to report concerns about Ana Montes, a senior Cuban analyst at the Defense intelligence . She clothed to be a high-level, long-term penetration of the US Intelligence Community by the Cuban intelligence .

"... it's actually written within the book (sic. True Believer: Inside the Investigation and Capture of Ana Montes, Cuba's Master Spy). I mean, there are several people that have reported because people that hear my briefings and it sticks with them. They see something strange here, suspicious. They reported it to the safety people and security people did the proper thing and investigated in every aspect."

Now when people see dice during a game, hanging from a rear view mirror, or at a marketplace in Greece, they consider Ray D*I*C*E Man Semko, and permanently reason; he created the anchor point.

During the interview, I asked Ray another question:

"So let me let me pull that thread a touch bit because i feel that that's an honest point. We talked last week and you mentioned that. 'You know, Jeff, I'm not security, but I'm counterintelligence', which was an honest point because you recognize things that security people do not know and every one we get our briefings about Walker and Montas and every one these people . But how does one get relevant up so far information? Is that available to security managers?"

Well, that's how we've for this week's episode of DoDSecure. So join our podcast or read our upcoming article where Ray answers the question, "what other resource is are out there that security managers can pull from to offer relevant and realistic training?"

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