Cybersecurity Center

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The National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have designated St. Philip's College as a Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education- 2 years. The designation covers the academic years 2022 through 2027. For more information about CAE Community visit, https://caecommunity.org/.

The purpose of the National CAE designation program is to promote higher education in cybersecurity/Information Assurance and prepare a growing number of professionals to meet the need to reduce vulnerabilities in the Nation’s networks. The initial National CAE in CD Education (CAE/IAE) program was started by NSA in 1998, with DHS joining as a partner in 2004 in response to the President’s National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace.

 

Programs Offered

 

Degrees
Information Technology Cybersecurity Specialist (A.A.S.)

Bachelor of Applied Technology in Cybersecurity (BAT)

 

Certificates

Information Technology Cybersecurity Specialist (Level 1 Certificate) 

CompTIA Linux+ Certification Preparation (OSA)

CompTIA Security+ Certification Preparation (OSA)

Cyber First Responders (OSA) 

 

 

Military City USA 

The GenCyber program provides summer cybersecurity camp experiences for students and teachers at the K-12 level. The goals of the program are to help all students understand correct and safe on-line behavior, increase interest in cybersecurity and careers in the cybersecurity workforce of the Nation, and improve teaching methods for delivering cybersecurity content in K-12 computer science curricula.

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Cyber Tigers Club

Join our Cyber Tigers Student Club!

The Cyber Tigers of St. Philips College are a group of students who are interested in all things technology.  The Cyber Tigers complement their studies of networking, Microsoft applications, Linux, and security to form a unique club that helps channel school work into real work scenarios and experiences.

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Seminars

National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance 2-Year Education program provides seminars and workshops for all that participate in the program.

Check out our previous seminars and workshop participants and what the program has to provide.

Cybersecurity Education Conference

Cybersecurity Education Conference

The St. Philip’s College Cybersecurity Education Conference is a forum for connecting with industry, government and academic entities to increase the awareness of cybersecurity in the state of Texas and around the world.

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Student News Resources

The Cybersecurity Center provides assistance for our students to reference cybersecurity from these various resources:

Student Activity Resources

Scholarships & Career Development

Partnerships

Universities

High Schools

Advisory Board Notes

Cybersecurity Faculty members

  • Haydar Thomas Sahin, Point of Contact

    Yesenia Alvarez

    Sam McCall

    Dr. Clarence Dawkins

    John Lee

  • Robert Castaneda

    Rosalio Gallegos

    Timothy Gonzalez

    Kelly Roberts-Cooper

     

Contact Information

Cybersecurity & Information Technology Depatment Chair 
Director:

Dr. Raymond Chacon 
rchacon8@alamo.edu
Senior Advisor: 
Laura De La Rosa                                                  lgonzalez339@alamo.edu 

Location:
MLK Saint Bowden Building (SAB), 110

Phone:
210-486-2080