Bethesda, Md., October 30, 2024 -- Quantum Xchange today announced that its crypto-agile, PQC management platform, Phio TX has achieved FIPS 140-3 certification, meeting the rigorous security requirements for cryptographic modules used by the U.S. Government, its agency partners, and commercial businesses.

Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-3, published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), is the U.S. government standard used in designing and implementing cryptographic modules that federal departments and agencies must confirm when purchasing cryptographic-based security systems. Quantum Xchange’s 140-3 certification is especially timely, given NIST’s publication of the first finalized Post Quantum Cryptography (PQC) standards on Aug. 13, 2024, and the five-year sunset period for FIPS 140-2 certificates coming to an end in 2024.

Phio TX is used by customers to upgrade their existing networks from the current quantum-vulnerable cryptography, which has been in use for nearly half a century, to PQCs. Phio TX offers a trusted management plane that enables PQC upgrades without disrupting data flows, provisioning systems, or network operations. With built-in crypto-agility, Phio TX supports all available PQC algorithms and was designed to support the accelerating pace of new PQC standards deployments.

“We are pleased to receive our FIPS 140-3 certification, which was a culmination of a multiyear effort and the latest demonstration of our corporate commitment to support industry standards,” said Eddy Zervigon, CEO of Quantum Xchange. “This is just the beginning. With the FIPS 203, 204, 205 standards published in the U.S. and ETSI and other standards bodies publishing quantum-safe standards in markets outside the U.S., we stand prepared to help our customers make their networks future proof and quantum ready.”