Report by Forescout

PQC Adoption Gaps: 90% of Systems Are Still Not Quantum-Safe

7 FINDINGSPublished Jun 24, 2026
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Key Findings

Only 3% of identified servers running Dropbear – common in embedded devices – support PQC

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50% of IT devices in enterprise networks use OpenSSH versions that support PQC

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In enterprise networks, IT devices most commonly support PQC on TLS (8%), while specialized devices are again left behind (5.6% for IoT and IoMT, 0.8% for OT)

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Nearly 90% of SSH servers remain non-PQC-capable.

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40% of OpenSSH servers on the internet now support PQC by default

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SSH servers supporting PQC increased 72% from 11.5 million to over 19 million.

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Total PQC-capable SSH servers grew from 6.2% to 11.8%.

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