Tag: email security

What exactly does HIPAA say about Email Security?

February 26, 2025

Performing daily business transactions and communications through electronic technologies is accepted, reliable, and necessary across the nation’s healthcare providers, payers and suppliers. As a result, email has become a standard in the healthcare industry as a way to conduct business activities that commonly include: Interacting with patients Real time authorizations for medical services Transcribing, accessing […]

New Feature: Secure Email Tagline

June 23, 2022

LuxSci is introducing a new email tagline feature to inform recipients that email messages are secured. This helps build trust and increase confidence with less tech-savvy recipients who do not understand how email encryption works. TLS Encryption TLS encryption is now widely supported by the most popular email providers. As a result, more organizations are […]

HIPAA-Compliant Email Hosting or Outbound Email Encryption?

January 25, 2022

There are many ways to protect ePHI in email. HIPAA is technology-neutral and doesn’t make specific recommendations for how to protect email communications. This article explains the difference between a HIPAA-compliant email host and an email encryption gateway. These are just two of the options for securing email accounts.

5 Ways to Prevent Human Impacts on Your Cybersecurity Program

October 12, 2021

There are multiple ways that humans impact cybersecurity and can put data at risk. From being tricked by phishing emails to choosing easily guessed passwords, insider fraud and mistakenly classifying the security level of emails and other content, the actions of your employees can make your data vulnerable. While the impact of human errors can’t […]

Do I need to Buy an SSL Certificate to use Secure Email?

September 23, 2013

Our sales staff have been asked this question countless times.  It is a natural assumption that because SSL and TLS encryption of email (and web sites) requires use of an “SSL certificate”, that one must buy an SSL certificate in order to use such a service.  Fortunately, the answer is always You do not need to buy your […]