storing, in a command register of a memory controller, content representing a command for the memory device and a memory address associated with the command;

comparing, by the memory controller, the command for the memory device to a list of authorized commands for the memory device, wherein the list of authorized commands comprise a given authorized command, and the given authorized command is associated with a list of authorized parameters;

comparing, by a hardware controller, a parameter for the command for the memory device to a plurality of parameters in the list of authorized parameters, wherein comparing the parameter for the command for the memory device to the plurality of parameters comprises evaluating whether a malicious sequence has been appended to the command for the memory device, and the evaluating comprises comparing a length of the command for the memory device to a command length parameter; and

performing, by the hardware controller, an action in response to the comparison of the length of the command for the memory device to the command length parameter.