Tricia Howard is an artist gone rogue who ended up in cybersecurity research. With a bachelor’s degree in theater arts and interests ranging from “Star Wars” to opera, she likes to bring a bit of pizzazz into the cyber realm. When she’s not helping researchers get their stories out efficiently and effectively, without denigrating the technical acumen of the piece, you can find her writing and performing security parody songs ; dramatically reading cold emails; speed jigsaw puzzling; hanging out with her Pomsky dog, Darth; and begging people to smile. You can also catch Tricia live on her monthly show: Monthly Threat Brief: The SIG Download ! Advanced persistent threats and attackers are becoming more sophisticated even as the amount of activity within the data center moving from server to server has increased exponentially. Unfortunately, perimeter-only defenses are little help when it comes to preventing attackers from expanding their foothold using east-west traffic after a successful breach.…