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LuxSci: Safe Email – No Zombies

Wednesday, April 4th, 2012

We have been deliberating what constitutes the essence of LuxSci recently.  We have many features and services and have grown considerably over the years.  Saying what we do and what sets us apart succinctly has become an increasing challenge.

In the end, it came down to skipping our long list of features and services and all of the adjectives that we feel describe ourselves and our goals, and focusing on the fundamentals:

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DuoSecurity Two-Factor Authentication for LuxSci Mobile Site

Monday, March 26th, 2012

LuxSci’s Mobile Site provides fast, convenient, simplified, and secure access to LuxSci user email, WebAides, support, documentation, and more.

Mobile Site now supports the use of advanced Two-Factor authentication via LuxSci’s integration with DuoSecurity.   DuoSecurity Two-Factor authentication is very slick and featureful beyond LuxSci’s basic Two-Factor option of sending a token to your phone or alternate email address on each login attempt.

Read more about DuoSecurity: Advanced Two-Factor Logins for LuxSci’s Web Interface.

Security: A Year in Review

Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

Over the last 12 months, LuxSci has added many new features, enhanced services, and improved usability.  We have also made a large numbers of security and privacy improvements.

Some of the most conspicuous of these include changes to User Account Access, HIPAA Security, SecureForm, Backups, Restores, Email Security, Credit Card Security,  Auditing, Security of Support Access to Data, Web Hosting, and Firewalls.

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A Bundle of Password and Login Security Enhancements

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

LuxSci has released a set of user password security features that complement many of its existing password security options so that, as a whole, they meet the needs of any kind of password security requirement.

This post reviews many of the existing password security options and highlights the new ones.

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What is Social Engineering?

Friday, July 1st, 2011

It is often thought that Viruses and Malware are the biggest threats to your personal information, but there is even a greater threat that often goes undetected. Social Engineering is a technique used by people to gather your personal or secure information without you even thinking twice about giving it away. Social Engineering is most often performed over the phone, but could just as easily be done via email, text messaging, or any other form of communication; you can be Social Engineered by anyone.

In the most basic form, Social Engineering is when someone poses as someone else (i.e. a trusted friend or colleague) to trick you into divulging sensitive information.  ”Hey, this is PayPal, please follow this link and re-enter all your banking details — its ok, really!

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iPhone Security Apps and Configuration Tips

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

There are several great iPhone Security Apps and a handful of good and simple configuration changes that you can make to your iPhone to greatly enhance you iPhone security and protect your sensitive information and identity.  We have seen security vulnerabilities in iPhone including flaws in pass code access (since fixed), so it makes sense to take proactive measures — especially as attacks on mobile devices are growing rapidly.

Easy Configuration Changes for Security and Privacy

There are several iPhone configuration settings that you should make to start protecting your iPhone.  The first thing to do is “Don’t Jailbreak Your iPhone“.  Jailbreaking removes much of the security inherent in the iPhone and makes it much easier for malicious software or users to gain access.  Furthermore, Apps that you can install on a Jailbroken phone may have not gone though any kind of screening process — you have to “trust” that they are OK.

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HIPAA Compliance Checklist: What You Need To Do

Thursday, May 12th, 2011

LuxSci provides HIPAA-compliant services and must itself maintain HIPAA-compliant business operations in order to comply with HIPAA HITECH regulations.  As such, many of our customers and leads look to us for exactly what they need to do to be compliant.

This article provides you with a quick and easy-to-read overview of the various things needed for compliance.  The items given below should not be considered a complete or formal list for compliance, nor will doing all of these things guarantee that you are compliant.  

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Additional Domain-Level Security Settings Now Available

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

LuxSci has updated its per-domain administrative controls, adding features that were previously only present in the global, account-wide configuration area.

Now, the following security and privacy features can be configured on a per-domain basis, unless they are already set up globally:

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Is Blackberry HIPAA Compliant? What You Need To Know

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

We are often approached by customers wanting to use their blackberry mobile devices to send and receive email that may contain electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI).  Such customers, when they must abide by the HIPAA and HITECH laws governing medical privacy, must comply with a long set of regulations that covers, among other things, how ePHI may be transmitted over the Internet.

This article deals with the security of sending and receiving email on a Blackberry configured for Internet email services (i.e. it does not apply to those connecting to an Blackberry Enterprise Server and Exchange).

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LuxSci Significantly Boosts Security and Reliability

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

LuxSci has implemented a number of enhancements which add to its already stringent security and high reliability of services.  These features cover areas such as login security, password resets, SecureLine encryption, Widget backups, and more. The enhancements are listed below, by service.

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