---
title: ASP.NET Core Data Protection extensibility APIs
author: rick-anderson
description: Discover the various ASP.NET Core Data Protection extensibility topics.
ms.author: riande
ms.date: 10/14/2016
uid: security/data-protection/extensibility/index
---
# ASP.NET Core Data Protection extensibility APIs

* [Core cryptography extensibility](xref:security/data-protection/extensibility/core-crypto)

* [Key management extensibility](xref:security/data-protection/extensibility/key-management)

* [Miscellaneous APIs](xref:security/data-protection/extensibility/misc-apis)