This two-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Foundations and Practice of Security, FPS 2024, held in Montréal, QC, Canada, during December 09&11, 2024.The 28 full and 11 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 75 submissions. The papers were organized in the following topical sections:Part I: Critical issues of protecting systems against digital threats,considering financial, technological, and operational implications; Automating and enhancing security mechanisms in software systems and data management; Cybersecurity and AI when applied to emerging technologies; Cybersecurity and Ethics; Cybersecurity and privacy in connected and autonomous systems for IoT, smart environments, and criticalinfrastructure; New trends in advanced cryptographic protocols. Part II: Preserving privacy and maintaining trust for end users in a complex and numeric cyberspace; Intersecting security, privacy, and machine learning techniques to detect, mitigate, and prevent threats; New trends of machine leaning and AI applied to cybersecurity.