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 developed the Adobe® PDF or Portable Digital Files for the purpose of digital file exchange. The recipient of a PDF can open, review, and print the file without any compatibility issue even if he does not have the same software which the sender used to create it.
If you are the recipient of a PDF, how can you know that it was sent by a trusted and verified source and that no alteration was made on the file?
Certified Document Services (CDS) is the first digital signing solution that allows authors to create Adobe® PDF files that automatically certify to the recipient that the author's identity has been verified by a trusted organisation.
DocumentSign enables authors of PDFs to add digital Certifying Signatures and Approval Signatures to documents they distribute over the Internet. The process is the virtual equivalent to sealing a document and adding wet-ink signatures and assuring the recipient that the document is authentic, comes from a verified source, and the contents have not been altered or tampered with since publication.
GlobalSign is an authorised participant in Adobe's Certified Document Services (CDS) program and operates under a stringent set of policies and standards developed and implemented by Adobe and audited by WebTrust. This allows GlobalSign to issue Adobe recognised CDS Certificates, branded as DocumentSign Digital IDs, to individuals and departmental entities.
DocumentSign users can add Certifying and Approval Signatures to PDFs using a trust model used in Adobe Reader 6.0+ without installing any new plug-ins, configuring Adobe Reader/Acrobat to non-default settings, or needing 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 recognised 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 organisations 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 recognised 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 organisations 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.
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