Jihun Joun

Assistant Professor,

School of Interdisciplinary Forensics

Jihun.Joun@asu.edu

Mail code: 1253

Campus: West
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Long Bio

Jihun Joun is an assistant professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Forensics at Arizona State University. His research focuses on digital forensics, including data remnants analysis, digital profiling, steganography, incident response and eDiscovery. More specifically, he investigates methods for analyzing data remnants in various operating systems, and identifying and tracking digital traces for effective digital investigations.

He earned his PhD in information security from Korea University, where he collaborated with investigation agencies and corporations on various digital forensic projects and cases. Before joining ASU, he was an assistant professor at Sangmyung University, South Korea.

Joun also contributes as a member of the Organizing Committee for the Digital Forensics Research Conference (DFRWS) APAC.

Education

Ph.D. Information Security, Korea University, Korea 2023
M.S. Information Security, Korea University, Korea 2019
B.S. Information Sciences and Technology, Pennsylvania State University 2016

Publications

Sorin Im, Hyunah Park, Jihun Joun, Sangjin Lee, Jungheum Park. “Revisiting logical image formats for future digital forensics: A comprehensive analysis on L01 and AFF4-L.” Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation 50. (2024): 301811.
Jihun Joun, Sangjin Lee, Jungheum Park. “Data remnants analysis of document files in Windows: Microsoft 365 as a case study.” Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation 46. (2023): 301612.
Jihun Joun, Sangjin Lee, and Jungheum Park. “Discovering spoliation of evidence through identifying traces on deleted files in macOS.” Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation 44 (2023): 301502.
Jihun Joun, Hyunji Chung, Sangjin Lee, Jungheum Park. “Relevance analysis using revision identifier in MS word.” Journal of Forensic Sciences 66.1 (2021): 323-335.

Research Activity

Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information. Research on elementary technologies for solving social issues based on sound data, 2023
The Korean National Police Agency. Research on Data Acquisition and Analysis for Counter Anti-Forensics, 2022-2023
National Security Research Institute. Research on Construction Model for Big Data-Based Incident Response Analysis, 2021
The Korean National Police Agency. Research on Construction System for Digital Forensic Tools Verification, 2021
Korea Institute of Marine Science & Technology Promotion. Development of Digital Forensic Technique for Navigational Equipment, 2019-2020
Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP). Development of Digital Forensic Integrated Platform – CARPE Forensics, 2018-2020
The Korean National Police Agency. Development of Damaged Document File Recovery Module, 2018
Hanwha Systems Co., Ltd. Research on Mock Attack Cybersecurity Training Technology, 2018
National Security Research Institute. Research on Validation of Digital Forensic Tools, 2017
Supreme Public Prosecutors’ Office Republic of Korea. Research on Assessment Methods for Digital Forensic Tools, 2017

Courses

2025 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
ACO 331	Network Forensics Analysis
FOR 350	Computer Forensics
FOR 350	Computer Forensics

2024 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
FOR 350	Computer Forensics
FOR 350	Computer Forensics