Are we living in a movie? 1981 movie describes today’s world.

With all the absolute craziness going on in the world today, do you ever feel like you’re living in a movie? Here’s a short excerpt from a 1981 movie called “Early Warning” that about describes everything we’re going through. See how many things you recognize are happening today. Watch the whole movie here. What’s missing […]

ODNI warns of ‘human targeting’ in counterintelligence war

(Federal News Radio) Just because a federal employee or public sector worker doesn’t have a security clearance doesn’t make them less of a foreign intelligence target. In the latest video installment of the “Know the Risk — Raise Your Shield” campaign, which is backed by the National Counterintelligence and Security Center [under the Office of the […]

Chinese breach of govt data means YOU are a target

“Some of you may think that you are not of interest because you don’t have access to classified information. You are mistaken.” —Deputy National Counterintelligence Executive Dan Payne After hacking, government workers warned of potential fraud (AP) An immense hack of millions of government personnel files is being treated as the work of foreign spies who could […]

ISIS claims two of its ‘soldiers’ carried out attack in Texas

Coming soon to a suburb near you. DICE Principle: Believe in free speech. Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Attack on Muhammad Cartoon Art Fair in Texas (Wall Street Journal) Islamic State has taken responsibility for Sunday’s shooting at an art fair in Texas that featured cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, the first time the extremist group […]

Politically-Challenged Students

In cyberspace, no one can hear me SCREAM!! Take a look at this recent video of students smart (?) enough to get into college:

Flashlight app threat and the dangers of “free”

The following video is making its rounds because it warns people about the dangers of downloading free flashlight apps on your smartphone. The makers of these apps get your permission to access everything on your phone—and then that info gets sent to its makers in Russia, China and India. Nice. They could turn on your […]

New FBI Video on Espionage Recruitment: Game of Pawns

Game of Pawns: The Glenn Duffie Shriver Story video, dramatizes the incremental steps taken by intelligence officers to recruit Shriver and convince him to apply for jobs with the U.S. State Department and the Central Intelligence Agency.  Shriver Case: A Textbook Case of Recruitment Glenn Duffie Shriver seemed like an average college student—majoring in international relations […]

American tells how he was recruited to be a spy by Chinese Intelligence

Glenn Shriver

Transcript: Narrator: Former American college student Glenn Duffie Shriver studied abroad in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China. There, he became a target of Chinese intelligence services and crossed the line when he agreed to participate in espionage-type activity. He pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit espionage for a foreign government and was sentenced to a four-year […]

The Dangers of a Boring Security Awareness Briefing

DICE Man Ray Semko, the legendary security awareness expert, warns about the dire dangers to employees who have to listen to the same old security awareness briefings each year. Don’t be a victim of boring security briefings! Hire Ray Semko who will super-charge your employees to take security seriously. Request a DICE Security Awareness Presentation

What Makes a Traitor Tick?

He was the psychiatrist for notorious spy Robert Hanssen and interviewed him extensively in prison. David L. Charney knows better than anyone how Hanssen thought and even felt immediately after his long-term espionage was discovered. Did he feel remorse, did he worry about his family, did he care? The answers may surprise you. Charney has […]

Christopher Boyce Congressional Testimony

A three-part video of Christopher Boyce’s 1985 testimony to Congress about security at government contractors and effectiveness of security awareness programs. These videos are from 1998 episodes of CI-TV. Christopher Boyce had been an employee of a government contractor with a top secret security clearance and worked in a SCIF. He sold classified information to […]

Death by China documentary

In 2001, China joined the World Trade Organization with the strong support of a Democratic President and Republican Congress. Before the ink was dry on this free trade agreement, China began flooding U.S. markets with illegally subsidized exports while the big multinational companies that had lobbied heavily for the agreement rapidly accelerated the off shoring […]

Powerful testimony security officers must see

Many of you are security officers who have to give security awareness briefings to your employees. Others of you are government or contractor employees who hold a security clearance and have to attend those briefings. What if a person in the audience in one of these briefings was an actual spy? What would he/she think […]

Video Footage of Shooter at Washington Navy Yard

From the FBI: Video footage from closed-circuit video cameras shows Aaron Alexis, now deceased, at the Washington Navy Yard on September 16, 2013. The footage includes the following: – Alexis drives his rental car, a blue Toyota Prius, through the Washington Navy Yard main gate. – Alexis enters Building #197 carrying a backpack. Alexis had […]

Ray Semko to talk about Security Clearance Investigations on Forensic Week

The ForensicWeek.com Webcast Show is airing Episode 34 The show‘s topic is “The Security Clearance Investigation.” Just what does your life have to look like to be judged a person of trust and responsibility for a sensitive position. What should you expect when an agency, department or organization conducts a background investigation on you for […]

Watch Ray Semko on ForensicWeek TV Show

Ray Semko was a panel member last night on ForensicWeek.com, a weekly online show hosted by Tom Mauriello. The shows are recorded via a Google Hangout. The topic for this week’s show is “Response to the Boston Marathon Bombing.”

Huawei probed for security, espionage risk

CBS 60 Minutes: If you’re concerned about the decline of American economic power and the rise of China, then there is no better case study than Huawei. Chances are you’ve never heard of this Chinese technology giant, but in the space of 25 years it’s become the largest manufacturer of telecommunications equipment in the world; […]