Public-Key Cryptography - PKC 2021

The two-volume proceedings series LNCS 12710 and 12711 documents the 24th IACR International Conference on Practice and Theory of Public Key Cryptography, PKC 2021, which took place online from May 10 to 13, 2021. The conference was originally planned to be held in Edinburgh, UK, but had to be converted to an online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These proceedings include 52 carefully selected and peer-reviewed contributions from 156 submissions. The papers cover all aspects of public-key cryptography, including theory, implementations, and applications. This year, particular emphasis is placed on post-quantum cryptography, PQC constructions, and cryptanalysis.