aiqbench analysis
This report is a useful snapshot of how far mobile software is from post-quantum readiness, though its headline figure reflects detection by one vendor's platform, so it shows what was detectable rather than proving apps are fully vulnerable. The more actionable point is the inventory gap: teams that don't know where cryptography lives in their apps can't plan migration against the 2029 to 2031 milestones cited. For quantum readers, the key takeaway is that harvest-now-decrypt-later and signature-forgery risks make this a current engineering task, not a distant one.
97% of Mobile Apps Show No Post-Quantum Cryptography. Start Your Inventory Now.
NowSecure found no detectable PQC code in 97% of 136,711 mobile apps. Learn how to inventory mobile cryptography and build a PQC migration plan. The post 97% of Mobile Apps Show No Post-Quantum Cryptography. Start Your Inventory Now. appeared first on NowSecure.
97% of the 136,711 mobile apps NowSecure assessed show no detectable post-quantum cryptography (PQC) code. Security teams often leave mobile apps out of their cryptographic inventories, and organizations cannot migrate what they have not inventoried. NowSecure used NowSecure Platform to check where mobile apps stand. We assessed those apps over the 90 days ending Oct. 5, 2026. Planning dates already exist: Google has set 2029 as its own PQC migration target, and federal agencies must move high-value systems to quantum-safe key establishment by Dec. 31, 2030. What Is Q-Day, and Why Do the Dates Matter Now? The exact date remains unknown, but migration milestones are already set for 2029 to 2031. According to Gartner®, Q-Day is “the moment that state actors obtain a cryptographically relevant quantum computer (CRQC),” and “Q-Day arrives as soon as 2029, but most progress on PQC migration so far is inadequate.”¹ Gartner warns that such capabilities “threaten widely used public-key cryptography” and says…
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