The disclosure provides an approach for cryptographic agility. Embodiments include receiving a request from an application for a cryptographic operation, wherein the request is associated with a computing device. Embodiments include determining one or more resource constraints related to the computing device. Embodiments include selecting, based on the one or more resource constraints, a cryptographic technique from a plurality of cryptographic techniques associated with indications of resource requirements. Embodiments include performing the cryptographic operation using the cryptographic technique. Embodiments include providing a response to the application based on performing the cryptographic operation.