ISCISC which is organized by ISC – Iranian Society of Cryptology - is an annual international conference covering contemporary research in and applications of Cryptology and Information Security. The event was first initiated as a biannual conference (ISCC) in Imam Hussain University in 2001, ISCC’03 in Sharif University of Technology, ISCC’5 in Isfahan University of Technology, ISCC’07 in Iran University of Science & Technology and then changed to an annual international conference with the current name ISCISC when it was held in Malek Ashtar University of Technology in 2008 (ISCISC'08).

 As a sequel, the 6th Conference, ISCISC'09 will be held in University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran. Continuing its past success, ISCISC 2009 aims to attract high quality research articles in all technical aspects of information security and cryptology.