Provable and Practical Security

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Provable and Practical Security, ProvSec 2024, which took place in Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, during September 25-27, 2024. The 26 full papers and 8 short papers presented were thoroughly reviewed and selected from the 79 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: Part I: Multi-Party Computation; Searchable Encryption; Encryption and Signature. Part II : Tight Security; Quantum-Safe Cryptography; Distributed System and Blockchain Security; and Key Exchange and Privacy