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 ! The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard ( PCI DSS ) applies to any merchant or service provider that plays a role in credit card payment processing. First introduced in 2004, its primary purpose is to encourage and enhance cardholder data security and facilitate the broad adoption of consistent data security measures globally.…