Sangwan Kwon

On a mission to craft secure and efficient systems with a modern twist

• Staff Software Engineer, Security & Privacy Team, Samsung Research
• Interested in Confidential Computing and Rust
• 10+ years in System Security (Secure OS, Hypervisor)
• sangwan.kwon@samsung.com + bitboom9@gmail.com

Core Competencies

• Confidential Computing
  • Developed On-device Confidential Computing Framework
  • Implemented Arm Confidential Compute Architecture
• Rust Programming
  • Advanced Rust development for secure systems
  • Experience in both embedded systems and full-scale applications
• System Security
  • Designed and developed Secure OS and Hypervisor
  • Developed Security Middleware solutions

Key Projects

Confidential Computing Framework (2022 - Present)

• Developed Samsung’s On-device Confidential Computing Framework
• Contributed On-device Confidential Computing Framework to Linux Foundation’s Confidential Computing Consortium
• Demonstrated at Confidential Computing Summit 2023
  • Related article #1: VMware, AMD, Samsung and RISC-V push for confidential computing standards
  • Related article #2: VMware partners with Samsung, AMD and RISC-V to accelerate confidential computing

Secure OS Development (2020 - 2022)

• Developed a Rust-based Secure OS kernel for enhanced security and performance
• Designed and implemented a type-safe RPC framework to ensure reliable communication

Career Timeline

Year	Role & Project
2022 - Present	Leading development of Samsung’s On-device Confidential Computing Framework, focusing on Arm CCA.
2020 - 2022	Developed Secure OS kernel and application framework using Rust for security chips, enhancing system security and efficiency.
2019 - 2020	Maintained and developed the Unified Security Monitor project (ViST) for Tizen 6.0, implementing a type-safe query builder and security virtual table.
2018	Developed the RPC Framework (klay) for Tizen 4.0, enabling remote method invocation between server and client.
2017 - 2018	Contributed to the Authentication Framework (auth-fw) for Tizen 4.0, focusing on trust-zone support and on-demand services.
2016 - 2017	Developed and maintained Certification Frameworks for Tizen 3.0 and 4.0, implementing SSL certificate trust anchors and W3C XML digital signatures.

Patents

• Confidential Computing (Published 2024-KR)
• Key Management (Published 2020-KR, 2022-US)
• Data Protection (Published 2020-KR)
• Container (Published 2019-KR, 2020-US)

Education

• MSc, Computer Science: Yonsei University, South Korea (2014-2017)
• BSc, Computer Science: Kookmin University, South Korea (2007-2014)