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SSL and TLS are not enough to secure your email

Friday, February 22nd, 2013

A very common marketing ploy involves companies advertising “secure” services .. where that security consists of only SSL- or TLS-encrypted connection to their servers.  While use of TLS and SSL is a critical part of web and email security, it is only one small aspect of security.  Below, we will talk about some of the other aspects of what you should be looking for in terms of an actual secure solution so you can be more saavy of simplistic marketing claims in the future.

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Case Study: Selective Encryption

Thursday, September 13th, 2012


Say you handle sensitive or private information that needs to be transmitted via email, and the nature of the information necessitates that you be able to send the emails in an encrypted manner. However, not every email you send will contain information of this nature. Perhaps, in between sending these encrypted emails, you also need to be able to email your technically-challenged relatives to organize a family function. Is there a way to selectively allow outbound encryption without an all-or-nothing solution?

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New SecureLine Plugin for Microsoft Outlook

Monday, September 26th, 2011

LuxSci is pleased to present our latest feature for improving the secure email experience for Microsoft Outlook users — the new SecureLine Plugin for Outlook!

This tool integrates the outbound encryption features of the LuxSci WebMail interface into Outlook versions 2007+, allowing our SecureLine users to easily send encrypted messages to any email address via SecureLine Escrow, TLS, PGP, or S/MIME (based on the recipient’s encryption capabilities).

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Video: How SecureLine Escrow and SecureSend Look to an End User

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

This latest tutorial video shows what SecureLine Escrow looks like to a recipient of an encrypted email message. It also demonstrates how SecureSend can be used by anyone with an email address to send a LuxSci SecureLine user a secure email message at anytime and for free.

Watch Video: SecureLine Escrow and SecureSend from an End User’s Perspective


Email Outsourcing

Monday, August 10th, 2009
Email Outsourcing

Email Outsourcing

As small businesses look for ways to trim costs during lean economic times, one area they might overlook is their email system. A study by research group Gartner recently showed, 80 percent of companies could save money by engaging in email outsourcing – having outside companies manage their email systems for them.

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Recipe: Completely Secure Collection of Web Form Data using SSL and PGP or S/MIME

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

The situation: your organization needs to collect information from clients through from(s) on your web site, but that information is sensitive. So, you need to be absolutely sure that the information is transferred from the users of your web site to you in as secure a fashion as possible. This means that

  1. no one but you (or optionally your authorized staff) can intercept or read the information,
  2. the information is never stored insecurely anywhere
  3. the information cannot be modified without your knowledge

Why would this high level of security and privacy be necessary? There are many cases where they are essential; some of these include:

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Accounting, Taxes, and Identity Theft

Friday, February 13th, 2009

Everyone always harps on the necessity of privacy when discussing health care, government, and banking communications.  It is surprising how little attention is paid to email security with regards to accounting and tax preparation.   There is a real danger of identity theft, unintended information disclosure, as well as invasion of privacy when using tax preparation services or organizations that do not use secure email.  Why is this?

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Receive Secure Emails from Anyone

Monday, February 9th, 2009

Secure SendGuaranteeing that information sent via email remains confidential can be a tricky business. Whether you’re in health care governed by HIPAA, education, or commerce, your customers and correspondents must be able to quickly and easily send your messages and attachments securely — no matter what email service they may have.

Solution?

With the LuxSci’s SecureLine SecureSend Portal, anyone with an email address can easily send any LuxSci SecureLine user secure emails for free.

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Interview with Nate Fitzgerald, Product Manager, Premium Email Archival

Friday, February 6th, 2009

LuxSci recently had the opportunity to speak with Nate Fitzgerald, Product Manager of Message Archiving at MX Logic.  Nate has been with MX Logic for over 4 years and is responsible for their successful archival service.  His insight has been invaluable in helping LuxSci get up to speed with all of the technical nuances of this service. We would like to share with you his knowledge and thoughts regarding the security, reliability, and utility of LuxSci’s Premium Email Archival service.

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

Monday, January 19th, 2009

Our sales staff has 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 own SSL certificate to use secure email.

We’ll explain why.

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