Yong Ho KIM - D&A LLC

Yong Ho KIM
Research Commissioner
T. +82 2 3016 7422
F. +82 2 3016 5201
E. kimyh@draju.com

Mr. Yong Ho KIM is a Research Commissioner of the Digital Forensic Team at D&A LLC. His practice is primarily focused on Internal Investigations, Investigations, Digital Forensics, Industrial Confidentiality Outflow, Trade Secret Protection, and Personal Information Protection.

Mr. Kim began his career at the National Police Agency, and he passed through universities, research institutes, and industries as he handled various cases related to digital forensics. Based on this experience, he is working on cases related to information protection and digital forensics while serving as director of related research organizations.

Profile

Experience
- - Research Commissioner of the Digital Forensic Team, D&A LLC (2023-Present)
  - Deputy Head of AJU Data Science Lab, D&A LLC (2022-2023)
  - Head of Digital Forensic Expert Qualification Test Management Headquarters, Korean Institute of Forensic Sciences (2022-Present)
  - Member, Review Committee of Police Investigation, Seoul Metropolitan Police (2021-Present)
  - Director, Korean Institute of Forensic Sciences (2019-Present)
  - Adjunct Professor, Human Resources Development Institute/ IPP Project Team, KwangWoon University (2019-Present)
  - Consultant, Foreign Affairs Cooperation of the Foreign Affairs Bureau, Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police (2016-Present)
  - Expert Counsel, National Association of Hacking & Security (2014-Present)
  - Research/Public Relations Director, KDFS (2012-Present)
  - Business Director, Korean Institute of Forensic Sciences (2011-Present)
  - Expert Committee Member, Joowon Law (2019-2022)
  - Head of the Technology Institute, Inz System (2018-2019)
  - Director, Information Protection Consulting Business Department, Btrust (2015-2018)
  - Head of Forensic Institute, Korean Institute of Forensic Sciences, Korea (2013-2017)
  - Director, Appraisal Forensics Research Institute of the Korea Copyright Commission (2011-2013)
  - Head, Kyonggi University Industrial Technology Protection Specialized Center (2009-2011)
  - Research Professor, Kyonggi University and head of the K-Forensic Institute (2009-2011)
  - Researcher, Cyber Terror Response Center of the Korean National Police Agency and Digital Forensic Center (2002-2007)
  - Consultant, Moninae Security Consulting Business Department (2001)
Education
- - Kyungmin Foreign Language High School (1991)
  - Korea National Open University (BS in Computer Science, 2014)
  - Kwangwoon University (ME in Information and Communication, 2002)
  - Kyonggi University (PhD in Information Technology, 2008)
Qualifications
- - Level 2 Digital Forensics Expert, Korean Institute of Forensic Sciences/Korea Internet & Security Agency (2014)
  - CHFI (Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator), EC-COUNCIL (2009)
  - EnCE(Encase Certified Examiner) Guidance Software (2006)
  - Information Processing Engineer, Human Resources Development Service of Korea (2005)
Languages
- - Korean

Representative Activities

- - Member, Foreign Affairs Advisory Council, Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency (2024-Present)
  - ICT Consultant, Korean National Police Agency (2023-Present)
  - Head of Management Headquarters of the Digital Forensics Expert Exam of the Korean Institute of Forensic Sciences (2022-2024)
  - Member, Police Investigation Committee of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (2021-Present)
  - Director, Korean Institute of Forensic Sciences (2019-Present)
- - Adjunct Professor, Kwangwoon University Human Resources Development Institute, IPP Business Group (2019-Present)
  - Member, Advisory Committee of the National Police Agency Cyber Safety Administration (2017-2020)
  - Member, Advisory Committee of the National Police Agency Security Office (2017-2020)
  - Registered Director, KATAA (2017-2019)
  - Consultant, Foreign Affair Cooperation of the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police (2016-2024)
  - Expert Committee Member, National Association of Hacking & Security (2014-Present)
  - Test-maker and Grader, National Technical Qualification Examination (2013-2022)
  - Research and PR Director, Korean Society for Digital Forensics (2012-Present)
  - Business Director, Korean Institute of Forensic Sciences (2011-Present)
  - Adjunct Professor, Sungkyunkwan University Graduate School of Information and Communication (2011-2016)
  - Advisor, Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency Advanced Investigation of Foreign Affairs (2009-2011)
  - Digital Forensic Advisory, Korea Copyright Commission (2009-2011)
  - Director, Korea Criminal Procedure Law (2008-2013)
  - Lecturer, Korean Police Investigation Academy (2003-2007)
  - Participant (Representative of Korea), The 5th Interpol Asia & Pacific Region IT Crime Meeting/Seminar in China/Shanghai (2003)
Representative Matters
- - Handled digital forensics on a number of cases related to violation of the Unfair Competition Prevention and Trade Secret Protection Act
  - Handled digital forensics on a number of cases related to hackings and violation of the Personal Information Protection Act
  - Handled digital forensics on a number of cases related to violation of fair trade
  - Participated in digital forensics on a number of cases related to security
Publications
- - A Stable Evidence Collection Procedure of a Volatile Data in Research, ICCSA2007 LNCS (2007)
  - KMFM realization for real-time P2P messenger IP trace, ICISS2008 IEEE (2008)
  - Physical Defect Recovery Methodology of Hard Disk, Convergence Security Journal, Vol.8, No.1 (2008)
  - Developed Optimizing File Delete Detection Model, Convergence Security Journal, Vol.8, No.2 (2008)
  - Design and Implementation of Web Server Security System using Virtualization, Convergence Security Journal, Vol.8, No.4 (2008)
- - An Effective Control Method for Improving Integrity of Mobile Phone Forensics Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology, Vol.9, No.5 (2009)
  - A Study on DDoS (Distribute Denial of Service) Attack Detection Model Based on Statistical, Convergence Security Journal, Vol.9, No.4 (2009)
  - A Research on Gender Analysis of BGP Security, Convergence Security Journal, Vol.9, No.4 (2009)
  - A Forensic Model on Deleted-File Verification for Securing Digital Evidence, ICISA2010 IEEE (2010)
  - User Recognition based TV Programs Recommendation System in Smart Devices Environment, The Society of Digital Policy & Management (2013)
  - The problem point and improvement program of the scene search and seizure of digital evidence at practical affairs, Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering (2013)
  - A study on cyber threat prediction based on intrusion detection event for APT attack detection, Multimedia Tools and Applications [SCI] (2014)
  - A Study on the Implementation of the Privacy Impact Assessment Management System for Enterprise, Convergence Security Journal, Vol.15, No.4 (2015)
  - Extracting real IP address used to connect to P2P messenger using ARIT agent. Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications [SCI] (2015)
  - A node management scheme for stable P2P service in mobile ad-hoc networks, Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications [SCI] (2016)
  - mVoIP for P2P service based authentication system using AA authentication server. Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications [SCI] (2016)
Awards & Recognitions
- - Certificate of Recognition, Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency (2025)
  - Certificate of Recognition, Korean National Police Agency (2024)
  - Commendation, Minister of Science and ICT (2022)
  - Certificate of Recognition, National Police Agency (2020)
  - Certificate of Recognition, Gyeonggi Southern Police Office (2018)
- - Secure Korea Grand Prize (Individual), Korea Hacking Security Society/National Assembly Science and Technology Forum (2014)
  - Commendation, National Police Agency (2005)
Press Coverage
- The Korea Economic Daily
  D&A Deploys 24/7 Response System for Surprise Raids
  Mar-30-2026
  
  The Korea Economic Daily
  Blackmail Threat of KRW 3.7 Billion in Bitcoin Causes Panic in Legal Circles
  Nov-12-2024

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