Author: Terry Dunlap

Terry Dunlap is the founder and CEO of Tactical Network Solutions (TNS) in Columbia, Maryland. Terry oversees former NSA experts skilled in IoT, embedded firmware, reverse engineering and security. TNS has developed a cybersecurity platform that checks compiled, embedded firmware prior to manufacturing. The company also provides white hat training and consulting on IoT firmware exploitation, hardware hacking and exploiting Real Time Operating Systems. Previously, Terry worked as a Global Network Vulnerability Analyst for the NSA.

From the Winter 2017 Issue

Achilles Heel: The Vulnerability of Embedded Firmware

Author(s):

Terry Dunlap, Founder and CEO, Tactical Network Solutions

Embedded firmware “is the flash memory chip that stores specialized software running in a chip in an embedded device to control its functions.”1 It’s everywhere – in computers, large and small electronic devices, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, medical devices, phones, tablets, cars and a host of other places. The vast majority resides in vulnerable … Read more