Cryptography as a service

A system for providing cryptography as a service, comprising:

• at least one memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the at least one memory, the at least one processor and the at least one memory configured to:
• receive, by a cryptographic provider component, policy information;
• receive, by the cryptographic provider component, requests from a plurality of applications to perform cryptographic operations, wherein the plurality of applications comprise separate processes from the cryptographic provider component;
• and
• select, by a cryptographic router of the cryptographic provider component, based on the policy information and information associated with the requests, one or more cryptographic implementation components for servicing each request of the requests.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

• receive, by a cryptographic provider component, policy information;
• receive, by the cryptographic provider component, requests from a plurality of applications to perform cryptographic operations, wherein the plurality of applications comprise separate processes from the cryptographic provider component;
• and
• select, by a cryptographic router of the cryptographic provider component, based on the policy information and information associated with the requests, one or more cryptographic implementation components for servicing each request of the requests.