March 2nd, 2020

Did You Know: Spam Filtering & Virus Protection Go Hand-in-Hand

You may already be aware that spam filtering can save you from having to deal with countless emails, but did you know that it can also help you with virus protection? Spam can be far worse than annoying promotional emails you never asked for. It’s also one of the main paths of entry that hackers […]

February 4th, 2020

Enterprise-Grade High Volume Secure Email Sending API

LuxSci has released an enhancement to its REST API targeted at fast, reliable, large-scale email sending. While LuxSci’s API has had features for secure email sending for many years, the new API call is specifically designed with the needs of enterprise email sending in mind. The new “Send Email” High Volume API call enables: Pipelining: […]

January 30th, 2020

LuxSci Pursuing HITRUST Certification

Update: As of June 7th, 2020, LuxSci’s services are HITRUST CSF certified for HIPAA, GDPR, and Massachusetts Privacy Law.  See: Announcement of HITRUST CSF Certification. — LuxSci is working toward its HITRUST certification as part of our constant efforts to meet the highest levels of security and compliance. The threat landscape and regulatory environment are […]

January 17th, 2020

Is Mailchimp HIPAA-Compliant?

“Is Mailchimp HIPAA-compliant?” has echoed through the boardrooms of healthcare organizations countless times. Whenever companies explore their options for email automation and marketing software, the popular provider’s name tends to be one of the first to pop up. Mailchimp has long been the go-to option for designing emails and newsletters, sending them out, sharing to […]

January 10th, 2020

TLS 1.0 to 1.2 and NIST TLS Cipher Updates: Email Program and Web Browser Compatibility Issues

It happens at least every few years: system administrators need to update the security configuration of their servers to keep up with the latest best practices and to close newly found security issues(i.e., via changes to recommended TLS ciphers and protocols).  These updates can be rocky. Change often introduces incompatibilities that prevent certain systems or […]