December 17th, 2020

Enhancements to Application-specific Passwords

Since 2017, LuxSci has supported application-specific passwords.  These enable users to create distinct username/password combinations for use with different applications, devices, or for shared account access.  These login aliases can have limited privileges; for example, granting access only to email or only to web site file storage.  Use of application specific passwords can greatly enhance […]

December 8th, 2020

Dedicated Servers: How They Improve Security And Reliability

What’s best for your organization, shared or dedicated servers? If your company is looking for website hosting, an email provider, or hosting for other online services, this question may not be high up on its list of priorities. The differences between shared and dedicated servers may not seem particularly important at first. However, this choice […]

December 2nd, 2020

API Enhancements for DKIM Automation

DKIM, Domain Keys identified Mail, is a critical component to ensuring good INBOX delivery of email messages for day-to-day email, email marketing, and transactional email.  DKIM digitally signs outbound email so that the message recipients can verify that the messages originated from email servers authorized to send email from the sender.  I.e., it helps recipients […]

December 1st, 2020

Enhanced Security: AES-256 Encryption for SSL and TLS

SSL and TLS play critical roles in securing data transmission over the internet, and AES-256 is integral in their most secure configurations. The original standard was known as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). Although it was replaced by Transport Layer Security (TLS), many in the industry still refer to TLS by its predecessor’s acronym. While TLS […]

November 24th, 2020

Covered Entities and HIPAA Law

HIPAA law is important legislation that outlines how organizations and individuals (which it refers to as covered entities) must protect their protected health information (PHI). While HIPAA is actually much broader and includes rules for things like insurance claims and payments, our focus is on its provisions for safeguarding PHI. The Two Key Parties: Covered […]