Ahn Jin-woo (master's student, supervisor: Professor Kim Young-jae) of the Department of Computer Science & Engineering received the Excellent Paper Award in the information security and high-assurance computing field at the Korean Institute of Information Scientists and Engineers conference (KSC 2019) held on 19 December 2019, for a paper titled 'SSD GUARD: Protecting Files from High-Privilege Data Tampering Attacks'.

▲ Ahn Jin-woo

▲ Certificate from the Korean Institute of Information Scientists and Engineers conference

The Korean Institute of Information Scientists and Engineers conference (KSC 2019) is an information science and technology conference at which the latest research results across every area of information technology — artificial intelligence, computer systems, information security and high-assurance computing and more — are presented. The paper, titled 'SSD GUARD: Protecting Files from High-Privilege Data Tampering Attacks', successfully protects users' sensitive files even when their computer has been infected by malware. Rather than relying on a computer at risk of infection, SSD GUARD builds a file protection authentication system inside the storage firmware. The research is expected to be applicable as a system for individuals or companies to protect various kinds of sensitive files securely.