Anthony Mendonca
Cybersecurity Professional
I'm a cybersecurity professional specialising in detection engineering, adversary emulation, and application security - currently an Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton, previously at Deloitte UK. Full detail on my About Me page.
Presented at BSides Den Haag 2026 on practical detection engineering, alert noise reduction, and detection-as-code workflows.
Developed a MITRE ATT&CK coverage matrix for Stratus Red Team, featured in DataDog's March 2025 Security Digest.
A practical guide to identifying and tracking C2 servers using passive DNS, Shodan, certificate pivoting, and detection rules.
Notes and writeups on detection engineering, application security, offensive tooling, and secure coding.
Book summaries, musings and reflections on becoming 1% better every day.
How To Live An Asymmetric Life
A last lecture on doing hard things, playing big, and living a life worth living.
How Great Leaders Inspire Action
Why the most inspiring leaders and organisations think, act, and communicate from the inside out.
Why We Do What We Do
An exploration of the invisible forces that drive human behaviour and decision-making.
Why The Secret To Success Is Setting The Right Goals
The case for OKRs — why what you measure matters and how clear goals unlock extraordinary results.