FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 17, 2002
CONTACT: Roland Ruiz, St. Philip's College Director of Community and Public Relations
210.531.4851
ACCD ITSA Students Win Computer Defense Competition
A team of students from the Alamo Community College District (ACCD) Information
Technology & Security Academy
(ITSA) won first place in a computer defense competition sponsored by the North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce during
its Business Technology Summit held recently at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center.
The team, made up of local high school juniors enrolled as dual credit students in the ACCD's Information Technology &
Security Academy, competed in the college-level division against students from area universities and colleges in a test
of their skills in preventing and controlling security breaches of computer systems and networks. The team of Michael
Nyguen, Amanda Flippone, Alicia Washington, and Aaron Blandon applied knowledge and training learned through the academy
in winning the competition.
The Information Technology & Security Academy offers classes through the ACCD Advanced Technology Center at KellyUSA and
the ACCD Northeast Campus. The Academy is a collaborative effort of the San Antonio Technology Accelerator Initiative
(SATAI), the new Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security at the University of San Antonio, the City of San
Antonio, the Alamo Community College District, local industry partners, and 18 independent school districts in and around
Bexar County. High School Juniors who excel in the program could eventually find jobs with the government, including the
National Security Agency, the military and even large corporations.
Slots in the Academy are based on participating independent school districts' projected junior class enrollments for each
school year. Approximately 80 juniors were accepted in the founding class that began last August. Information on the
Information Technology & Security Academy is available at 210/932-5750 or on the
St. Philip's College-Southwest Campus
web site.