Tag: email security

Dedicated Servers: How They Improve Security And Reliability

December 8, 2020

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 […]

Do Healthcare Marketing Emails Have to Be HIPAA-Compliant?

July 26, 2019

Healthcare is a competitive business! A well-thought-out marketing strategy can help you outshine your competition, but providers must keep compliance in mind when considering email marketing for healthcare. Many organizations have substantial email lists of their clients and wonder how they can utilize them to increase patient engagement. Marketing professionals may strongly suggest email communications, […]

Will Email Ever Be Truly Secure?

November 6, 2018

Email gateways are a leading cause of security breaches. The optimistic view is that effective email security practices, firewalls, mobile device security, wireless security, endpoint security, web security, behavioral best practices, data loss prevention and network access control – among other solutions – can ensure foolproof security. The realistic view is that email – or […]

SSL versus TLS – What’s the difference?

May 12, 2018

SSL versus TLS TLS (Transport Layer Security) and SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) are protocols that provide data encryption and authentication between applications and servers when that data is sent across an insecure network. The terms SSL and TLS are often used interchangeably or in conjunction with each other (TLS/SSL), but one is, in fact, the […]

Do you need a VPN for Secure Email in a Wireless Hotspot?

January 28, 2014

LuxSci has been approached by many people asking for VPN (Virtual Private Network) services.  When we ask them why, they indicate that they use wireless hotspots (like at Starbucks and other public places) that are insecure and untrusted and they want to be sure that their email is secure and encrypted there.* Note that even if the […]