Adobe CDS Solutions
Adobe Certified Document Services (CDS) enables more secure, reliable document PDF exchange
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Case Study
Leading engineering firm, CHA,
chooses DocumentSign to
improve efficiency.
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PersonalSign USB
For individuals using Acrobat 6+ to create Certified PDFs / add Approval Signatures
Authors create Certified PDFs using Adobe Acrobat and a secure USB token
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DepartmentSign USB
For departments using Acrobat 6+ to create Certified PDFs / add Approval Signatures
Authors create secure PDFs using Adobe Acrobat and a secure USB token
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DepartmentSign HSM
For automated Certified / Approval Signatures PDF generation
Companies create secure PDFs using server software & Hardware Security Module
DocumentSign for Adobe Secure PDF
Adobe Systems has developed the Adobe® PDF or Portable Digital Files for digital file exchange purposes. The recipient of the PDF could open, review, and print the entire file without facing compatibility issues even when he doesn't have the same software used to create the file.
But, as a receiver of a PDF, how can you be sure that the file has not been altered in any way? How can you be sure it came from a trusted source?
The solution is Certified Document Services or CDS. This is the first digital signing solution which allows the author of Adobe® PDF to certify to the recipient the identity of the author was verified by a trusted organisation.
DocumentSign gives authors the option to add a digital Certifying Signature and Approval Signatures to the PDFs they distribute over the internet. This process is the digital equivalent of sealing a document and using wet-ink signatures to assure the recipient that the document is authentic, that it comes from a verified source, and that the contents have not been altered in any way since it was published.
GlobalSign is currently an authorised participant in the Adobe Certified Document Cervices (CDS) program and it operates under a rigorous set of polices and standards created and implemented by Adobe with auditing done by WebTrust. This enables GlobalSign to issue CDS Certificates recognised by Adobe. These are known as DocumentSign Digital IDs for individuals and departmental entities.
Users of DocumentSign could add Certifying and Approval Signatures to their PDFs through a trust model used in Adobe Reader 6.0+ without having to install any new plug-ins, configuring the non-default settings, or the need to make confusing trust decisions.
Enables PDF security
Including document integrity, authorship, and timestamping
Certification Signatures
Allows you to add Certification Signatures to electronically seal a document
No plug-ins or extra software needed
Certified PDFs automatically recognized by Adobe Acrobat and the free Adobe Reader
Approval Signatures
Allows you to add Approval Signatures - add electronic equivalents to wet ink approval signatures
Desktop-based or Server-based
Document certifying and signing solutions to meet requirements of organizations of all sizes
True Multi-lingual support
Supports all languages out of the box
RFC 3161 compliant
Timestamping services from Seiko support non-repudiation essential to time sensitive document transactions and audit trails
WebTrust accredited
WebTrust accredited Certification Authority since 2002
Protect high value documents
Including document integrity, authorship, and timestamping
Comply with regulatory frameworks
Allows you to add Certification Signatures electronically seal a document
Reduce your carbon footprint
Certified PDFs automatically recognized by Adobe Acrobat and the free Adobe Reader
Provide assurance
Allows you to add Approval Signatures - add electronic equivalents to wet ink approval signatures
Alert document recipients
Document certifying and signing solutions to meet requirements of organizations of all sizes
Reliably inform document recipients
Of the documents containing Certified and Approval Signatures at the time of online signing produces long term valid documents
Certifying Signatures
Using GlobalSign DocumentSign, PDFs can be certified by a person or department by adding a Certifying Signature, and when viewed will present the document recipient with a prominent "blue ribbon" displayed within Adobe Reader. Recipients can then easily determine the document authenticity and authorship. Prior to certifying the document the signer may specify the types of changes allowed for the document to remain certified (e.g. what is allowed without invalidating the Certifying Signature) such as "changes not permitted, form filling only or form filling and commenting".
Approval Signatures
DocumentSign allow PDFs to contain one or more Approval Signatures, added by individuals or departments, and when viewed present the document recipient with a "green checkmark" displayed within the PDF itself. Approval Signatures show which people or departments have consented to, approved or accepted to the contents of the PDF.
DocumentSign Resources
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