Meets the TLS requirements of U.S. federal HTTPS policy: conformance by government type

Share of applicable sites whose observable TLS configuration meets every technical requirement, against the all-sites benchmark. Cohorts with at least 100 applicable sites.

all sites = 5.5%federal: 49; +43.5pp vs all sites = 5.5% (better); n=533 federal +43.5ppstate: 15.2; +9.7pp vs all sites = 5.5% (better); n=330 state +9.7ppNot government: 5.4; −0pp vs all sites = 5.5% (worse); n=996730 Not government −0pplocal: 2.9; −2.5pp vs all sites = 5.5% (worse); n=1061 local −2.5pp
Better than benchmarkWorse than benchmark

Denominator: applicable sites (requirements the scan cannot observe are excluded) · n per cohort in the table

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govTypeAll requirements metMost-failed requirementn
federal49%HSTS preload directive is present533
state15.2%HSTS preload directive is present330
Not government5.4%HSTS preload directive is present996,730
local2.9%HSTS preload directive is present1,061

Source: GeoTrust Research — The State of SSL/TLS, October 2026