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

Friday, September 11th, 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 the sender specifically indicates that the message is not sensitive.  The risk with Opt Out Encryption is very much smaller than with Opt In.  (See Opt-In Email Encryption is too Risky for HIPAA Compliance).

The problem is: many companies use Opt In Encryption because it is convenient when sending messages without sensitive information — you just send these messages “as usual,”  without forethought.  These companies are trading large risks in return for conveniences.

LuxSci has solved the “Opt In vs. Opt Out” conundrum with its SecureLine Email Encryption Service.  You could say that SecureLine enables the “Next Generation” of Opt In Email Encryption — combining both usability and security.

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Tags: breach, compliance, email encryption, glba, hipaa, opt in, opt out, pgp, s/mime, secureline, tls, TLS-Only
Posted in LuxSci Library: HIPAA, LuxSci Library: Security and Privacy
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Stopping Forged Email 4: Your Last Resorts

Wednesday, March 4th, 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 require strict and proper setup by the owner of the purported sender’s domain, and they must be well supported by your own spam filtering system.

Yet even with these technologies, it’s not hard in many cases for a determined attacker to send you a forged, fraudulent email message that still looks and feels legitimate.

What else can you do to validate email messages and protect yourself from phishing or social engineering attacks?

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Tags: digital signatures, pgp, s/mime, security, smtp tls, tls
Posted in LuxSci Library: The Technical Side of Email
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Ensuring all data is encrypted at rest with LuxSci

Friday, May 10th, 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 that data be stored in an encrypted form while at rest. I.e., HIPAA does not require at-rest encryption, though it is recommended to decrease risk and potential liability in some situations.

Having your email and other data encrypted while at rest can potentially increase the security of that data, even if that level of security is not explicitly required. As a result, many LuxSci customers have asked how to ensure that all of their email and other data are encrypted while at rest.

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Tags: at rest, cache, decrypt, encrypt, encryption, hipaa, pgp, s/mime, secureform, secureline, security, sent mail, smtp, tls, transmission, webmail
Posted in HIPAA Compliant Forms, LuxSci Library: HIPAA, LuxSci Library: The Technical Side of Email
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Encrypting Sent Email — An Often Overlooked Part of End-to-End Encryption

Wednesday, September 26th, 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 to your “Sent Email” folders?  Are they encrypted or secure?  Should they be?

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Tags: backups, certificate, draft, encryption, escrow, hard drive, insecure, pgp, s/mime, secureline, sent email
Posted in LuxSci Library: HIPAA, LuxSci Library: Security and Privacy
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Can You Make Your Email More Secure?

Wednesday, August 26th, 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 recipients. SSL and TLS connections are secure, but only to a point. While you can ensure that your users connect securely to LuxSci’s servers, who is to say that your recipient’s connection is secure? With LuxSci SecureLine, even if the recipient’s connection isn’t secure, you can be assured that your message is sent securely and can only be read by whom you intended.

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Tags: end-to-end email encryption, escrow, pgp, s/mime, safe email, secure, secureline
Posted in Business Solutions
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