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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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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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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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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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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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 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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On January 30th, 2010, LuxSci will be releasing a set of software updates that add new security features and enhance existing security features.  Additionally, LuxSci is introducing a new Business Associate Agreement for HIPAA customers — one that complies with the new HITECH provisions of HIPAA.  These changes will impact some existing and future customers, as described in this notice.

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The Credit Card Industry imposes a set of security standards knows as PCI/DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard).  The purpose of this standard is to ensure that any company accepting credit cards from consumers takes all appropriate security measures to ensure that this information is protected from hackers and information leakage.

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To address the request of many clients, LuxSci has simplified the process of picking up SecureLine Escrow encrypted email messages.  This change makes message pickup faster and easier and improves the usability of the SecureLine service overall.

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