ICISC 2008, the 11th International Conference on Information Security and Cryptology, was held in Seoul, Korea, during December 3-5, 2008. It was or- nized by the Korea Institute of Information Security and Cryptology (KIISC). The aim of this conference was to provide a forum for the presentation of new results in research, development, and applications in the ?eld of infor- tion security and cryptology. It also served as a place for research information...