Colin Pinnell McAllister
Colin McAllister is a software engineer at Garmin, where he focuses on advancing the security, core infrastructure, and development tooling that power Garmin Marine’s diverse range of Embedded Linux products. His passion for embedded Linux began in 2017 while working on a telematics project in college, sparking a deep interest in building reliable and efficient systems. Colin has contributed to the Yocto Project, along with various third-party meta-layers, SWUpdate, U-Boot, and BusyBox.
Session
Meeting EU RED GEC-1 compliance requires a stronger focus on identifying and addressing vulnerabilities in embedded Linux systems. This talk shares lessons learned from building a practical CVE monitoring and remediation workflow using Yocto’s cve-check and related tooling.