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This section is a collection of original articles, research, and curated insights from my work with AT&T Cybersecurity, Fortra/Alert Logic, and IBM Security. Many stem from real-world cybersecurity challenges and industry trends.
🔹 Curated Favorites – My top cybersecurity reads.
🔹 Top Reader Picks – The most popular articles.
🔹 Original Research – My insights on security strategy and innovation.
🔹 Category Archive – Browse all articles by topic.
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Breaches

Ticketmaster confirms hack which could affect 560m

2019: The Rise of the Government Data Breach

2018 Sees Record Number of Data Breaches – Gigantic Economic Effects

Breaches

Business

Leading U.S. Cybersecurity Awareness Company Unknowingly Hires Remote North Korean Hacker

LevelBlue Launches at RSA Conference, Bolstering Organizations’ Cyber Resilience While Eliminating Complexity

AT&T Launches New Managed Cybersecurity Services Business LevelBlue

AT&T to Create Standalone Managed Cybersecurity Services Business

Business

Current Events

U.S. Army Analyst Sentenced for Selling Info to Chinese Government

U.S. Army Intel Analyst Pled Guilty to Conspiracy, Export Control Violations, and Bribery

U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst Pleads Guilty to Charges of Conspiracy

Suicide rates in the US are on the rise: New study offers surprising reasons why

Being unemployed does not equate to being unqualified

U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst Arrested

Current Events

Cybersecurity

A Cybersecurity Engineer’s Real-World Breakdown of a Romance Scam

The Day I Became a Scam Hunter: In Memory of Carroll Smith

The Top 6 DNS Attack Vectors per ChatGPT

The 10 Domains of Cybersecurity

How Network Traffic Can Mask A Serious Cyber Threat

5 Common Indicators of a Phishing Attempt

5 questions every higher-ed security leader should ask

Prevent WordPress hacking using this Pen Testing guide

Hacking WordPress: Building the Lab

10 Steps to Creating a Secure IT Environment

The Dark Web has a Serious Deduplication Problem

The Internal Cyber Kill Chain Model

Cybersecurity

Employment

THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION — JULY 2024

The Best Time to Apply for Jobs

That job you applied for might not exist. Here’s what’s behind a boom in “ghost jobs.”

Employment

Sales Engineering

Mastering Cybersecurity Discovery: Best Practices for Selling SIEM and MDR Services to Enterprise Customers

What makes a cybersecurity sales engineer?

Building a home cybersecurity lab

Sales Engineering

Technology

Technology

Can Cybersecurity be Automated?

Desktop market matures but VDI challenges remain

Article Categories

Top Curated

U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst Arrested

Fortinet Marketing

The 10 Domains of Cybersecurity

My Curated Faves

AT&T to Create Standalone Managed Cybersecurity Services Business

The 10 Domains of Cybersecurity

U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst Arrested

Top Original

10 Steps to Creating a Secure IT Environment

2018 Sees Record Number of Data Breaches – Gigantic Economic Effects

2019: The Rise of the Government Data Breach

My Original Faves

5 questions every higher-ed security leader should ask

Hacking WordPress: Building the Lab
Project Portfolio
Architecture

Architecture

AT&T Managed Threat Detection and Response – Infrastructure Drawing

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Architecture

IBM Security QRadar Suite Architecture

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Architecture

AT&T Cybersecurity All-in-one Product Architecture

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Customer Solution

Customer Solution

Seminole State College

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Customer Solution

Nueces County, TX SASE

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Customer Solution

DeKalb County School District

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Customer Solution

Tulane University

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Customer Solution

WellStreet Urgent Care

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Marketing

Marketing

IBM Security – Cost of Data Breach Report 2023 (Enablement)

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Marketing

Sys Logic Technology Services, LLC. Marketing Collateral

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Marketing

AT&T Marketing Collateral (Public Sector)

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Marketing

IBM Security QRadar SOAR – A Day In The Life.

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Sales Enablement

Sales Enablement

Cybersecurity TechSegment

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Sales Enablement

Alert Logic MDR Competitive Guide

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Sales Enablement

AT&T Sales Enablement Training

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Use Case

Use Case

Jimbob’s Towing and Wrecker Service

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Use Case

ObserveIT Integration Use Case

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Use Case

Zscaler SASE Example

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Use Case

Industrial Control Use Case

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Tony DeGonia

Dynamic Senior Cybersecurity Sales Engineer with 15+ years of experience architecting and executing security solutions that drive revenue and market growth. Adept at partnering with executive and regional leadership to develop territory business plans, forecast security initiatives, and deliver thought leadership at the CXO/CISO level. Proven track record in accelerating sales cycles, executing targeted go-to-market strategies, and coaching cross-functional teams to deliver integrated security offerings.

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My name is Tony DeGonia, and I am passionate about delivering top-notch cybersecurity solutions to protect businesses from cyber threats. My YouTube channel educates business owners and IT professionals on the latest SIEM, SOAR, MDR, XDR, firewalling, and threat management advancements. With years of experience under my belt, I take pride in designing custom cybersecurity solutions tailored to each client’s specific needs, whether they’re a small business or a large enterprise.

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Day: June 14, 2025

A Cybersecurity Engineer’s Real-World Breakdown of a Romance Scam

June 14, 2025 1:38 am

Romance scams are one of the most manipulative forms of social engineering, preying not just on vulnerabilities in technology—but in people. I’m a cybersecurity engineer,