Tag: security

Stopping Forged Email 4: Your Last Resorts

March 4, 2015

In previous posts we have examined how hackers and spammers can send forged email and how it can be extremely difficult to differentiate these messages from legitimate messages.  We have looked at the various common techniques for anti-fraud such as SPF, DKIM, and DMARC and seen that, while these technologies can help a lot, they all have limitations; they all […]

Ensuring all data is encrypted at rest with LuxSci

May 10, 2013

Email and other data are either being “transmitted” or “processed” or are “at rest.” I.e., it is moving from one computer to another, stored/at rest on a computer, or preparing to be transmitted or stored. While most types of compliance regulation, such as HIPAA, specifically require that data be transmitted securely, not all regulations require […]

Enforcing Email Security with TLS when Communicating with Banks

November 3, 2008

LuxSci has had many requests from clients who have to communicate with various bank and other security-conscious organizations that LuxSci “enforce the encryption of email when sent to those organizations email servers via TLS”. This is such a common request, that I wanted to explain what it means, why it is good, how LuxSci does this by default, and the extra step LuxSci can take to lock down things even more for you.

Email and Text Messaging Security in the Wired and Wireless Worlds

August 1, 2002

International Lecture by Dr. Erik Kangas “Internet email, Internet instant messaging, and mobile short text messaging are related in that they enable communications by pushing messages from sender to recipient over generally insecure networks. The security issues and vulnerabilities inherent in all three modes of communication are also very similar. This talk will review standard […]