# Announcing Chainguard's industry-first validated FIPS 140-3 module delivering post-quantum readiness

DevFeed: [Announcing Chainguard's industry-first validated FIPS 140-3 module delivering post-quantum readiness](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/announcing-chainguard-s-industry-first-validated-fips-140-3-module-delivering-post-quantum-readiness-59447.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/announcing-chainguards-industry-first-validated-fips-140-3-module-delivering-post-quantum-readiness>)

Published: 2026-09-24T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Chainguard: Unchained](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chainguard-unchained.md>)

Topics: [chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard.md>), [fips 140-3](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/fips-140-3.md>), [FIPS validation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/fips-validation.md>), [Post-quantum cryptography](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/post-quantum-cryptography.md>), [Cryptography](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cryptography.md>), [openssl](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openssl.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [TLS (Transport Layer Security)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tls.md>)

Tags: [chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard.md>), [fips-140-3](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fips-140-3.md>), [fips-validation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fips-validation.md>), [openssl](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openssl.md>), [post-quantum-cryptography](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/post-quantum-cryptography.md>), [post-quantum-cryptography-pqc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/post-quantum-cryptography-pqc.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [tls](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tls.md>)

## AI overview

Chainguard announces that its FIPS Provider for OpenSSL v3.6 has received FIPS 140-3 validation from NIST's Cryptographic Module Validation Program. The release says the validated module supports approved hybrid post-quantum key exchange and is designed to help regulated organizations prepare for CNSA 2.0 requirements.

## Source excerpt

Chainguard delivers the first FIPS 140-3 validated module with approved hybrid post-quantum key exchange, helping teams prepare for CNSA 2.0.