FIPS 140-3: Real-World Use, Challenges & the Post-Quantum Future (Part 2)Welcome back to Technically U!

In Part Two of our FIPS 140-3 series, this time we move beyond the fundamentals and explore how FIPS is being used in the real world — and where it’s going next.

If Part One explained what FIPS 140-3 is, this episode shows you why it matters in mission-critical environments across government, healthcare, finance, zero trust deployments, and critical infrastructure.

In this episode, we cover:

🏛️ How FIPS 140-3 is used in zero trust architectures across federal agencies

🛡️ Why DoD modernization efforts require strict FIPS compliance

🏥 The growing demand for validated cryptography in healthcare and telehealth

⚡ FIPS adoption in power plants, water systems, transportation, and SCADA/OT systems

📦 Supply chain security and what the SolarWinds breach taught us

🕒 The painful reality of FIPS validation timelines (12–18 months!)

💸 Why certification costs so much — and why vendors do it anyway

🧭 The global challenges of juggling FIPS, Common Criteria, and other international standards

🔮 And most importantly… the future of FIPS: 

• Post-quantum cryptography 

• “Harvest-now, decrypt-later” threats 

• Quantum-resistant algorithms entering FIPS standards 

• Cloud-native and containerized FIPS compliance 

• Automation and continuous cryptographic validation

If you're building secure products, architecting government systems, or designing zero trust frameworks, this episode is a must-watch.

👉 This concludes our two-part FIPS 140-3 series — but stay tuned for more deep-dive episodes on encryption, national security, PKI, identity, zero trust, and modern cyber defense.

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