We recently discussed email security for accountants and mentioned that the use of password-protected files is not usually a very good solution for meeting data privacy needs. After writing this and getting some feed back, we thought that the issue of password-protected files really deserves some further discussion. Many people are under the assumption that […]
The short answer is “no” … unless you need to support web browsers 8+ years old on computers that cannot be patched or upgraded and which are not in the USA or Canada.
LuxSci has had many requests from clients who have to communicate with various bank and other security-conscious organizations that LuxSci “enforce the encryption of email when sent to those organizations email servers via TLS”. This is such a common request, that I wanted to explain what it means, why it is good, how LuxSci does this by default, and the extra step LuxSci can take to lock down things even more for you.
LuxSci has previously permitted account administrators to force everyone in their account to use only secure (over SSL) connections to POP, IMAP, SMTP, and WebMail. This feature has been extended to manage SSL use on a per-domain or per-user basis. Additionally, LuxSci has improved the Forced SSL feature so that it supports secure SMTP usage […]
Account administrators now have the option to easily force all of their users to employ only secure connections (over SSL) to LuxSci email services. This includes POP, IMAP, SMTP, and WebMail services.
