Blog Security Research It’s Getting Hot in Here: EMEA SOTI 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 finance sector is more affected by DDoS attacks in EMEA than in any other region. Introduction Akamai researchers have released another State of the Internet ( SOTI ) report, and this time it’s zeroed in on the unique cyber challenges that affect the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region.…