Applied Cryptography and Network Security

This three-volume set constitutes the proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security, ACNS 2026, held in Stony Brook, USA, during June 2026. The proceedings appear in three volumes collecting all 59 accepted papers. This volume, LNCS 16573, contains 20 papers organized into three topical sections: AI and Machine Learning Security, Cryptanalysis and Physical Attacks, and Systems and Network Security.