“Unlocking” secured PDF documents to convert or edit them is often difficult, but generating an unlocked equivalent file may be much simpler. According to Matthew Nawrocki at TechRepublic, “The grand majority of secured PDFs I have worked with in the past, like the ones from the IEEE consortium, can be unlocked using an incredibly easy ‘print to file’ trick.” [...]
With the surge in hacking attacks targeting PDF, Adobe has released a new paper discussing the problems and solutions to PDF security. The company suggests “a series of defense mechanisms that should be present in any PDF application. These include an application sandbox, data execution protection including non-executable memory and safe structured exception handling, address space layout randomization, and stack cookies.” [...]
Adobe Systems has issued a new release for Acrobat X, 9.x and 8.x that provides security mitigations and feature enhancements. On its website, Adobe says the update will “safeguard your system against malicious attacks through PDF files.” [...]
No longer do you have to choose between archivability with PDF/A or securely signing electronic documents. Now you can have it all with SecurSign 5. [...]
JavaScript in Acrobat X and Adobe Reader has been modified to further strengthen the products resistance to malicious attacks. According to Joel Geraci, version “10.1.1 introduces changes to the JavaScript feature that stores global variables and executes user-defined scripts.” [...]
Scalable, server-based OCR solution, supports editable PDF-files, PDF files optimised for the internet and tagged PDF and PDF files with security and encryption supports and PDF/As for long term archiving. [...]
Your encryption is only as strong as your password. Using AES encryption, alphanumeric passwords of more than 6 characters and other tips are the subject of PDFlib’s security recommendations article. [...]
PDF offers a host of security options for document protection. From user and master passwords to open files, permission settings for printing or extracting text, to encryption, information contained in a PDF document can be protected in a number of ways. Would you like to learn more? [...]
All business processes that require documents that are secure and can be reproduced should align themselves to the new PDF/A standard. Three scenarios highlight the fact that missing standards may lead to considerable restrictions in day-to-day operations. Wouldn’t you like to learn more? [...]
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