Ingrid Verbauwhede - Böcker

CHES2007,theninthworkshoponCryptographicHardwareandEmbeddedS- tems, was sponsored by the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) and held in Vienna, Austria, September 10–13, 2007. The workshop - ceived 99 submissions from 24 countries, of which the Program Committee (39 members from 15 countries) selected 31 for presentation. For the ?rst time in the history of CHES, each submission was reviewed by at least four reviewers instead of three (and at least ?ve for submissions by PC members, those now being limited to two per member) and many submitted papers have received plenty of extra reviews (some papers received up to nine reviews), thus totalling the unprecedented record of 483 reviews overall. Thepaperscollectedinthisvolumerepresentcutting-edgeworldwideresearch in the rapidly evolving ?elds of crypto-hardware, fault-based and side-channel cryptanalysis, and embedded cryptography, at the crossing of academic and - dustrial research. The wide diversity of subjects appearing in these proceedings covers virtually all related areas and shows our e?orts to extend the scope of CHES more than usual. Although a relatively young workshop, CHES is now ?rmlyestablishedasascienti?ceventofreferenceappreciatedbymoreandmore renowned experts of theory and practice: many high-quality works were subm- ted, all of which, sadly, could not be accepted. Selecting from so many good worksis no easy task and our deepest thanks go to the members of the Program Committee for their involvement, excellence, and team spirit. We are grateful to the numerous external reviewers listed below for their expertise and assistance in our deliberations.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-worksop proceedings of the 8th International Workshop Radio Frequency Identification: Security and Privacy Issues, RFIDSec 2012, held in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, in July 2012. The 12 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 29 submissions for inclusion in the book. The papers focus on approaches to solve security and data protection issues in advanced contactless technologies.

This book describes the efficient implementation of public-key cryptography (PKC) to address the security challenges of massive amounts of information generated by the vast network of connected devices, ranging from tiny Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags to powerful desktop computers.