Blog Security Research The AI-Powered Reboot: Rethinking Defense for Web Apps and APIs 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 ! Attacks on web applications are surging at a rate that’s as dramatic as a high school breakup. Security has seen quite a bit of transformation in a short amount of time thanks to artificial intelligence (AI).…