Tag: s/mime

Are you Minimizing your Risk by using the Next Generation of Opt In Email Encryption?

September 11, 2015

We have long held that leaving it to each sender/employee to properly enable encryption for each sensitive message (a.k.a “Opt In Encryption”) is too risky.  Why? Any mistake or oversight immediately equals a breach and liability. Instead, LuxSci has always promoted use of “Opt Out Encryption,” in which the account default is to encrypt everything unless […]

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 […]

Encrypting Sent Email — An Often Overlooked Part of End-to-End Encryption

September 26, 2012

You are proactive and security conscious.  You use end-to-end encryption software, like PGP or S/MIME or LuxSci SecureLine, to send your sensitive messages to their destinations, ensuring that the message content is encrypted the entire way … because otherwise, email is just plain insecure. Oh – but what about the copies of these messages saved […]

Can You Make Your Email More Secure?

August 26, 2009

LuxSci offers many options for email security. Whether it is PGP, S/MIME, LuxSci’s SecureLine end-to-end email encryption, or forced secure logins over SSL, LuxSci can guide you in making the best choices for secure and safe email. End-to-end email encryption is one way to ensure that your email can only be read by the intended […]