Erik Kangas, Author at TechSling Weblog

Erik Kangas

LuxSci founder Erik Kangas has an impressive mix of academic research and software architecture expertise, including: undergraduate degree from Case Western Reserve University in physics and mathematics, PhD from MIT in computational biophysics, senior software engineer at Akamai Technologies, and visiting professor in physics at MIT. Chief architect and developer at LuxSci since 1999, Erik focuses on elegant, efficient, and robust solutions for scalable email and web hosting services, with a primary focus on Internet security. Lecturing nationally and internationally, Erik also serves as technical advisor to Mediprocity, which specializes in mobile-centric, secure HIPAA-compliant messaging. When he takes a break from LuxSci, Erik can be found gleefully pursuing endurance sports, having completed a full Ironman triathlon and numerous marathons and half Ironman triathlons.

Health

The Quest Diagnostics Hack: Why Hackers Target Healthcare Data

Why is healthcare information so attractive to hackers?

Erik KangasMarch 18, 2017

Tech

Understanding Encryption Key Management and Why It Matters

Thales e-Security released its 2016 Encryption Application Trends Study which revealed that the number of companies using encryption jumped from 7 percent to 41...

Erik KangasJanuary 9, 2017

Health

Why Medical Videoconferencing Needs to be Taken More Seriously

Technology is revolutionizing healthcare in every way possible. Around the world, patients are finding that a doctor’s visit can happen as easily on their...

Erik KangasDecember 19, 2016