This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Information Security Practice and Experience, ISPEC 2013, held in Lanzhou, China, in May 2013. The 27 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 71 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on network security; identity-based cryptography; cryptographic primitives; security protocols; system security; software security and DRM; and cryptanalysis and side channel attacks.

This brief summarizes different types of organic and inorganic nanomaterials for drug delivery in cancer therapy. It highlights that precisely designed nanomaterials will be the next-generation therapeutic agents for cancer treatment.