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some_furrytoday at 6:45 PM0 repliesview on HN

No.

Getting a crypto module validated by FIPS 140-3 simply lets you sell to the US Government (something something FedRAMP). It doesn't give you better assurance in the actual security of your designs or implementations, just verifies that you're using algorithms the US government has blessed for use in validated modules, in a way that an independent lab has said "LGTM".

You generally want to layer your compliance (FIPS, etc.) with actual assurance practices.