Critical Healthcare Systems Aren't Quantum-Ready

A Forescout study of 2.5 million healthcare devices finds the sector is broadly unprepared for post-quantum cryptography, especially in Internet-exposed systems and on difficult-to-update OT/IoMT assets that support critical clinical operations. For CIOs and technology leaders, the business risk is long-lived sensitive patient data being captured now and decrypted later, while the strategic challenge is that quantum readiness will require a coordinated, multi-year modernization effort across security, infrastructure, clinical engineering, procurement, compliance, and device vendors—not just an IT patch cycle.