Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques to distribute encrypted packets among multiple cores in a load-balanced manner for further processing. An apparatus may include a processor component; a decryption component to decrypt an encrypted packet to generate a decrypted packet from the encrypted packet, the encrypted packet comprising a header that comprises at least one field of information; a hash component to generate a header hash from the at least one field of information during decryption of at least a portion of the encrypted packet by the decryption component, the header hash comprising a smaller quantity of bits than the at least one field of information; and a distribution component to select a first core of multiple cores coupled to the processor component based on the header hash and to transmit the decrypted packet to the first core from the processor component. Other embodiments are described and claimed.