Category: LuxSci Library: Security and Privacy

DuoSecurity: Advanced Two-Factor Login for LuxSci’s Web Interface

December 30, 2011

Two-Factor logins require users to Enter their username and password correctly (the 1st factor) Authenticate a second way (e.g., by entering a code delivered to their mobile phones). Using two-factor authentication ensures that even if a user’s password is discovered, guessed, or captured, a malicious user still cannot gain access to the user’s account … […]

SecureLine Offers TLS-Only Enforced Outbound Email Encryption

February 18, 2010

LuxSci’s SecureLine end-to-end email filtering solution has been augmented with a new, optional, outbound email encryption option: “TLS Only”. SecureLine accounts that enable “TLS Only” can have their outbound email delivered over an SMTP TLS encrypted channel to recipients whose email services support it.  This mitigates the need for using PGP, S/MIME, or SecureLine Escrow […]

Restrict User WebMail Access by IP

February 9, 2010

Administrators of LuxSci accounts now have the ability to specify exactly from what locations their users are permitted to login to WebMail.  I.e. administrators can choose to allow WebMail access only from the Office or certain other places.  This is good for general account and information security.

HIPAA 2010: HITECH Impact on Email and Web Outsourcing

January 20, 2010

Surprise!  HIPAA has changed, gotten bigger, and grown teeth. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, or The Obama Stimulus Bill), signed into law in February 2009, includes new, more comprehensive provisions for HIPAA. These provisions are in a section of the bill known as the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act […]

LuxSci is Fully PCI Compliant

October 2, 2009

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.