New Drury cybersecurity degree combines business, computer science

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If it hasn’t happened to you, it’s happened to someone you know. ID theft is the fastest growing crime in America. Last year alone more than nine million identities were stolen.

Starting this fall, Drury will launch a new degree program in cyber security. Here’s how the university is trying to change the game, combining computer science and business.

Jacob Stauch is from Camdenton. He’s grateful to stay in the Ozarks and study cybersecurity.

“What I would like to see is more companies understand from a business side, understand the real risk of leaving vulnerabilities open or not getting proper security research,” he said.

Nico Sigloch is from Germany. He never thought he’d go into this field.

“I was not into computer science at all. I would never consider myself a tech guy or spending time on computers. Came in and took the first class and loved it from the beginning,” he said.

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