SPRINGFIELD, Mo., April 3, 2018 — A new degree program launching this fall at Drury University will take an innovative approach to building the workforce necessary to address ever-growing threats in cybersecurity.
Cybercrime costs the global economy more than $400 billion a year, according to estimates by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). The pressing need to combat the problem has led to tens of thousands of unfilled job openings in the U.S. alone.
Drury’s new Bachelor of Business Administration in Cyber-Risk Management will help graduates stand apart in this high-demand field by giving them equal, in-depth exposure to both business principles and computer science know-how. It will be the only program in the region – and one of the few in the nation – to take such a deeply integrated approach to training cybersecurity professionals.
