Thesecondinternationalconferenceonprovablesecurity, ProvSec2008, washeld in Shanghai, China, during October 30th - November 1st, 2008. The conference wassponsoredbyShanghaiJiaoTongUniversity(SJTU)incooperationwiththe Chinese Association for Cryptologic Research (CACR) and the Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). The aim of ProvSec is to provide a platform for researchers, scholars, and practitionerstoexchangeideasandextendknowledgeonprovablesecurity, which is an important research area in cryptography. The ?rst ProvSec was held in Wollongong, Australia, in 2007. This year, the...