New data from Forescout Research – Vedere Labs highlights the urgency of PQC readiness. The report shows that most of the Internet remains unprepared for quantum threats, with nearly 90% of SSH servers not yet quantum-safe.
Within enterprise environments, readiness is uneven, particularly across cyber-physical systems. While 50% of IT devices support PQC-capable SSH, adoption drops sharply across other environments: only 28% of IoT devices, 16% of OT devices, and 6% of IoMT devices.
These gaps underscore a critical challenge – organizations cannot wait to begin their quantum preparation. They must first inventory cryptographic usage, assess exposure, and understand where quantum risk is concentrated across their environments today.
To assist in this area, Forescout Technologies has announced the launch of its Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Readiness and Encryption Hygiene Dashboards. The new dashboards are designed to help organizations identify, prioritise, and manage quantum risk across information technology, operational technology, Internet of Things, and medical devices environments.
Organizations don’t just need new algorithms or upgraded platforms, they need clarity about where quantum-unsafe encryption creates exposure in their environments. The PQC readiness and encryption hygiene dashboards are designed to deliver that clarity, helping security leaders see, prioritise, and reduce quantum risk now, even as full migration progresses over time.
Barry Mainz, CEO of Forescout
Unlike tools that list ciphers, protocols, or static discovery findings, Forescout correlates quantum-unsafe encryption with asset criticality, exposure, and environment type, helping organizations identify the devices and communications that matter most. This reflects Forescout’s approach to quantum security: continuous discovery with risk-driven assurance. The dashboards enable security teams to operationalise PQC readiness by:
- Prioritising remediation based on real-world impact, factoring in asset criticality and exposure
- Correlating cryptographic posture with environment context, including IT, OT, and cyber-physical systems
- Maintaining a continuous, real-time view of quantum readiness across the attack surface
- Translating visibility into action and risk reduction through Forescout’s See – Understand – Prioritise – Act model.
