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PDF protection with PDF DRM security to protect PDF files Safeguard PDF Security stops unauthorized distribution of your PDF documents and files, controls what users can do with them, and how long they can be used. Protect PDF files from unauthorized:. viewing and printing. modifying and copying. saving and sharing.
printing to file, PDF format, & image printers. screenshots (stops print screen & screen grabbers) You decide:. when documents can no longer be viewed.
when user accounts expire. whether users can view protected PDF documents offline or only when connected to the Internet. whether users can view protected PDF documents in thin client and virtual environments You can enforce:. the number of views. the number of prints (or prevent printing altogether).
(a fixed date, no. Of days, views or prints). periods and policies – ensure documents are inaccessible when their valid life finishes Lock PDFs to devices Lock PDF documents to:. specific computers, mobiles, or tablet devices.
(no installation, instant offline access) or enable use (no installation) for viewing protected documents in a browser on any Operating System. Secure Document Distribution. Secure PDF documents on your local computer – no uploading of unprotected files to servers outside of your control. Distribute your protected PDF documents just like any other files. Safeguard PDF Security ensures your PDF documents are safe both at rest and in transit.
Safeguard PDF security protects PDF documents regardless of where they are stored or who they are sent to. It enforces the security policy governing their use, and allows you to dynamically change access – even after distribution. Simple User & Document Management. Manage user accounts and document records online with our web based administration system (hosted on our servers or yours). Manage subscription customers using our unique concept of. Batch protect PDF files without user intervention using our for completely automated PDF protection.
Incorporate Safeguard PDF DRM security into your ecommerce system for secure 24×7 management of your protected PDF documents (for instant license delivery for your protected PDF documents) using our. Safeguard PDF Security is simple to use, quick to implement, and totally flexible.
Safeguard PDF Security provides total PDF DRM protection for your documents through a multi-layered protection mechanism that does not rely on passwords. A (installed or browser based) provides smart enforcement of PDF encryption and PDF DRM controls and ensures you and your users are not exposed to. If you seek unprecedented for your valuable information, want total control over how it is used, wish to scale up from password protecting documents, which is neither comprehensive nor fool-proof, then Safeguard PDF Security software is for you. PDF protection that enables you to prevent, allow or control the following functions:. Viewing, copying, modifying and saving documents and contents. Printing documents. You can lock a PDF from printing (prevent printing) or specify the number of times your documents can be printed.
How many times your protected PDF documents can be viewed. How long your protected PDF documents can be viewed – days, months, years, forever, or a specific end date. How long users can view a protected PDF document offline: always, n number of days, or they must connect every time to the administration server before they can view your protected documents.
Safeguard’s PDF protection provides complete PDF protection for even the most novice of users. Protecting PDF documents couldn’t be simpler. To protect PDF documents, right click on them in Windows Explorer and select the secure PDF document access rights (use of printing – including how many times, etc.), press the OK button and your PDF files are instantly protected (PDF files are encrypted and document usage rights applied). PDF documents can be published on their own or assigned to publications for simple administration. Multiple PDF files can be selected in Windows Explorer and you can choose the same PDF protection usage and access rights in one click.
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Or you can automatically batch protect PDFs without user intervention using our tool. Distribute your protected PDF documents just like any other file – upload them to your web site or send them out on CD-ROM, DVD, etc., knowing that they will always be secure. Dynamic document control maintains access rights and permissions assigned to a secure PDF document once it has been published and distributed. Batch PDF file protection enables you to effortlessly batch protect PDF documents without user intervention.
See optional. Safeguard’s PDF protection Command Line Utility allows the automation of actions that would otherwise have had to be carried out manually whilst protecting PDF documents through the Writer GUI. Commands can be run from the DOS prompt or a batch file without the need for manual input or user intervention. All the PDF protection options available through the Safeguard Writer GUI can be accessed through the command line utility. This PDF protection feature can also be used by organizations internally to rapidly protect documents for secure distribution and to control what DRM protection features are made available to sub-administrators. Use of publications ensures minimum administration overheads and enables you to effortlessly manage your user base. The concept of the publication is a way of associating documents that are logically related.
Different enterprises may see this in different ways:. a publisher could see it as the issues in a subscription (say to a magazine or a series of reports). a training course provider could see it as the content of a course.
a lawyer could see it as the items making up a bundle. a businessman could see it as the collection of documents making a bid. a corporate entity could see it as a collection of documents for a particular business unit or department (e.g. Sales documents), or for issue to particular groups of third party contractors. So being able to bring together collections of documents to create a publication, makes the administration of connected documents easier for the publisher, and makes those documents automatically available to authorized users. If you choose to publish your PDF documents as separate items, then each one will have it’s own encryption key.
However, where users are purchasing subscriptions to publications they expect to register their subscription once and then be able to read each issue as it arrives. Also, you as the publisher may find it easier to associate documents with publications. To meet this operational flexibility, if PDF documents are protected as something in a publication, the encryption key of the publication is used to protect it rather than generating a new random key. This means that the user is able to immediately use a new issue regardless of how you ship it to them (eMail, flash card, CD-ROM for instance), and without you having to grant individual access to that document on the administration system. Of course if you send them a protected PDF document that is not part of a publication that they have been granted access to then they will have to connect to the administration server to retrieve the new key.
And if you set the rules so that they must connect before using your protected PDF documents then that will be enforced. Safeguard enables you to manage your subscription base effortlessly by providing individual publication expiry on a per user basis – you can expire a user’s access to different publications at different times, and manage this all from a single user account. User expiry Safeguard’s PDF protection gives you total control over when user accounts expire and when access to your PDF documents expire. You may want to, for example, give users access to documents during a specific time period, and let them be able to view those documents in the future, but not access any new ones you publish. You can set user accounts to expire to enable time limited trials and control subscription services.
Publication expiry Safeguard’s PDF protection enables you to control expiry to your publications on an individual user and publication basis. Users, for example, may have subscribed to one of your publications for a year, and all documents in that publication are accessible to them for a year. After a year, they will still be able to view their existing documents, but not any new ones that are published after their subscription period has ended, unless of course they subscribe for an additional period. Users can be given access to multiple publications, each with their own expiry period. Document expiry Expire documents on a certain date, after a number of days, after a number of views, or after a number of prints.
Safeguard’s PDF protection also enables you to control document expiry (PDF expiration). Regardless of a users subscription to your publications you may have certain documents that are time sensitive and must not be usable after a certain date.
It also means you can sell documents that are accessible for a limited time period at a lower cost, rather than being available forever, enabling you to reach new markets that are price sensitive. You can be sure that those users can only view a protected PDF document for a day or a week, or whatever you choose. This PDF protection feature also ensures that only the authorized or current versions of documents are used after publication because obsolete versions can no longer be accessed. Protected PDF documents can also be set to automatically expire once a specified number of views and/or prints have been reached.
You can specify both an expiry date and a number of views (e.g. 10 views and expiry 5 days from first use) and whatever expiry option is reached first will cause the document to expire. Instant revocation Instant user and document revocation – terminate access to protected PDF documents instantly.
With Safeguard’s PDF protection you can force users to connect to the administration server (happens transparently) before they can view your protected PDF documents. This can be every time they want to view your protected PDF documents or after a certain number of days. If you choose a number of days then after the length of time you set has passed users must go back online to gain further access.
Using this PDF protection option you can instantly revoke user access to previously distributed documents as the access approval required to view your protected PDF documents is instantly expired. Safeguard’s PDF protection gives you complete control over printing of your protected PDF documents. Stop printing of your protected PDF documents on Windows, Mac or all operating systems.
If you decide to allow printing you can control how many times your protected PDF documents can be printed. Document access can be automatically revoked once this number has been reached. You can enable document printing on a document or individual user basis and change print controls even after publication. Documents can be protected without printing enabled and prints granted on an individual user basis. Safeguard’s Secure PDF Viewer automatically prevents printing to file, email, PDF format (Acrobat distiller, etc.), common image printers, etc. Email Customization When you set up user accounts on the administration server, users are automatically sent an email to the address you entered with a download link to the Secure PDF Viewer software and their license file.
This email is automatically customized with your company name and email address in it so users know who to contact if they have any problems accessing your PDF documents. You can further customize this email with your own text and logo by purchasing your own.
You can also use your own SMTP server so that emails are sent from your own domain name. Unauthorized Use Message You can specify the text that will be displayed if a user does not have the correct decryption key present to view your protected PDF documents – e.g. Where they can purchase a license from or who to contact. Splashscreen Image Each time a protected PDF document is loaded, a splash screen can be displayed.
You can insert your own image here (say your company logo and maybe a brief message) to customize Safeguard’s PDF protection to represent your company image. Display Presentation With Safeguard PDF Security you can require protected PDFs to open in particular formats, and can prevent users from being able to change to another style of presentation. This allows you to enforce your own house style and appearance. Viewer Logo You can brand the Windows Viewer and Web Viewer with your company logo – see. Safeguard PDF Security comes with its own simple to use web-based administration system, enabling you to control and revoke access to your secure PDF documents in real-time even after distribution. Once you have protected PDF files, it is a simple matter of setting up users on the administration system (user name, company, email address) and allowing them to use one or more of your publications or documents.
Each protected PDF document that belongs to a particular publication will then be accessible to all users that have subscribed to that publication. The administration system can handle a large number of users, documents, and publications, and you can perform actions on multiple users, documents, and publications in one go. Safeguard provides various search and sort filters to help you find the customers and documents you are looking for more easily. You can search by ID, name and/or email, display records in date or alphabetical order, and specify the number of records displayed on each page. You can show only specific classes of user accounts (e.g. Only users that have registered, or whose accounts have expired), or documents that have been published to a specific publication and/or have limited prints/views allocated to them.
You can select two filters to be applied at once. Safeguard records all the document protection options for each individual document on the administration system, and you can customize record displays, add and edit descriptions. For extra security, a manual logon/logoff process is used. User Logs The administration system records the date, time and IP address of users when they first connect to the server to obtain their decryption keys and when they login to use the Web Viewer. It also records whether a user has tried to register with you more than once (i.e.
On another computer), when this occurred, and the IP address and Operating System they were using. Administrator Logs The administration system logs when administrators log on, when they performed an action (i.e. Adding, deleting, or modifying a record), and when this occurred. Ecommerce Logs If you are using Safeguard Ecommerce Integration you can see what ecommerce commands were successfully actioned, the action/parameters used, when and where this took place, and export this information to a CSV file. Undelivered Email Logs A list of undelivered emails (e.g. Emails that bounced, marked as spam, auto responded etc.) are recorded and you can export this information to a CSV file.
In the statistics section, the dashboard provides you with a summary of users, documents, and publications, and system level actions. This includes:. Total number of users, unregistered users, registered users, suspended users, last registered user, expired users, deleted users, last added, last deleted, last import, last export.
Total number of documents, suspended documents, expired documents, last published, last export of document information. Total number of publications, last added, last export.
Last logon, last action of an administrator Selecting an entry shows more detailed information. For example, clicking on ‘suspended documents’ will display all the documents that are suspended.
Pie Charts Pie charts provide a quick visual summary of the principal system details. User licenses can be sent automatically by email (either an embedded link, or a link and attachments) or you can choose to display them on a web page (in conjunction with the ecommerce module) for instant license delivery. You can also choose whether individual users are sent license files, and can resend registration emails if they have been blocked by SPAM filters or deleted by mistake by the user. You can track the email delivery status from each user’s account.
This records when an email was sent, delivered, opened, or bounced. A list of undelivered emails is recorded on a system-wide basis so you can easily identify any problems with users receiving their license emails. You can save a user’s license file to disk and as an email (the complete email text sent by the Administration System). This is handy if a user wants their license file email sent to a different or additional email address to that stored in their customer record since the license file email can be quickly forwarded on. You can resend licenses email to a single customer or multiple customers in one go. Enterprise PDF DRM also enables you to batch resend license files to all users that have not registered their licenses, in a single operation. Every license file emailed from the administration system can also be sent to a monitor email address of your choice so that a record is available of who has been sent their license files, which you may also use to resend licenses.
You can use Locklizard’s email system or have emails delivered from your own domain by entering your own SMTP information. Ecommerce integration enables you to automate your entire sales process so there is no manual intervention. See optional. You can integrate Safeguard’s PDF protection with your existing e-commerce system to help provide a totally automated secure document distribution service. Once users pay or are authorized to use a document or publication, their details are automatically set up on the administration server and assigned the appropriate publication / document access rights. License file information is sent out automatically by email so users can view your protected PDF documents straight away.
You can either use our managed service (hosted on our own servers so no set up configuration required), or you can host the administration system on your own server (we can even set up the system for you or you can choose to do this yourself). Hosting on our servers requires a yearly maintenance fee but ensures you are up and running from day one as no server configuration is required at your end – saving you time, hassle and money. Regardless of who hosts the administration system, you always protect PDF files locally on your own computer and distribute them just like any other file (from your web site, by email, CD-ROM, etc.). Users can download the software totally free of charge, either from our web site or from yours or you can distribute it freely via email. The FREE Secure PDF Viewer can be:.
installed on a computer. run directly from any USB stick (no installation or registration required, offline access) –. accessed via a web browser (no installation or registration required, online access) – Our installed stand-alone Secure PDF Viewer has a small footprint (so users don’t have to spend hours downloading and installing Adobe Acrobat), is fast to load, and ensures all the DRM controls are applied without exposing you, as the publisher, to known, plug-ins (see or insecure JavaScript (which also puts users computers at risk from being hacked). It is not invasive and does not use root kit technology. Protected PDF documents are decrypted on-the-fly in memory. They are never saved to disk in temporary format or to the Windows swap file.
We do not create extra files on disk that can be copied to another computer along with the protected PDF files so they can be easily shared and viewed. Viewer updates can be enforced to ensure that users are always using the latest version. Safeguard’s PDF protection ensures users don’t have to worry about entering passwords (we don’t use them) or managing decryption keys. When a user views one of your secure PDF documents for the first time, the Secure PDF Viewer software will check if it has the correct key to view it. If it does not, the Secure PDF Viewer will check with the administration server to see if the user has been granted access to the protected PDF document. If access is allowed then the decryption key will be transparently relayed to the client. If not, your custom message will be displayed telling the user how to contact you for access.
Safeguard’s PDF protection does NOT use passwords. Strong public key technology is used rather than weak password mechanisms that are easily crackable. Not using password protection ensures bullet-proof protection of your PDF documents – since there is nothing to enter the system is not vulnerable to password attacks. You don’t have to distribute passwords to users and they don’t need to type in access codes to get going. Decryption keys are transparently relayed to the client computer and stored in encrypted format. There are no passwords to enter, manage, compromise, forget or pass on to others.
Whilst we use public key technology, no key management is required by you as the publisher or by users, as it is all handled transparently by the licensing system. There are no certificates to revoke when you want to terminate a users access or any other PKI complexity. Locklizard provides a secure exchange mechanism in order to move the required key down to the user’s desktop at the same time as validating the user’s authorization to receive the key. Keys are seamlessly delivered to user’s computers. Whilst user keys are stored on the user’s computer, they are also locked to that computer and cannot be moved. So the user must be at that computer in order to be able to use the licensed documents. Any attempt to move the keys system to another computer will invalidate it.
Secure PDF Technology. Safeguard creates secure PDFs by encrypting them and applying DRM controls. Secure PDF files created with Safeguard PDF Security cannot be broken using password cracking mechanisms since users do not enter a password to open secure PDFs. Decryption keys required to view secure PDF files are secretly transferred to a keystore that is encrypted and locked to the client computer or a USB device. If a user copies the secure PDF files and the keystore to another computer the files will fail to open.
Safeguard PDF Security does not use plug-ins to Acrobat or JavaScript because they are. Safeguard’s PDF protection uses it’s own decryption application (a ) rather than relying on a plug-in to present your information. This ensures the security of your information is always under the tightest of controls, and is not vulnerable, or exposed to any errors in third party applications.
Protected PDF documents are decrypted in the Secure PDF Viewer which applies the necessary PDF DRM controls and ensures your PDF content cannot be compromised by other applications, JavaScript, plug-in failures or conflicts, or the common. Read this article on published by Bryan Guignard, an Adobe Certified expert on why we don’t use Adobe’s implementation / Adobe plug-in for PDF protection. Information is decrypted on-the-fly and is not saved to disk in temporary format or to the Windows swap file. We do not create extra files on disk that can be copied to another computer along with the protected PDF files so they can be easily shared and viewed. To ensure total PDF protection for your source files, you protect PDF documents on your own computer. The source PDF files (unprotected files) are never exposed to a web server where they could be easily compromized. Publishing PDF Files Securely.
Protect PDF documents using Safeguard or Enterprise. Choose what DRM controls you want to apply and how the documents are protected – for all authorized users, as part of a publication (all users authorized to view that publication have access), or documents must be individually assigned to users.
Protected PDF documents can then be distributed just like any other file (email, uploaded to a web site, etc.). You can also use to upload the protected PDF files to a cloud server where they are instantly available to authorized users via a browser using Safeguard. On the Safeguard Administration system you create users and assign them access to protected documents and publications. If you are using then this happens automatically when a user purchases your documents. The Admin system automatically sends users a welcome email with their registration file and download links to the Secure PDF Viewer software. If you are using Web Publisher then users will be sent an email with their login details to the Web Viewer protected document portal. Users install the Secure PDF Viewer and click on a link to register with your system.
Users click on a protected PDF document (PDC file) to open it. The protected document is opened in the secure PDF Viewer which enforces the DRM controls you have applied such as stopping printing, applying watermarks, enforcing expiry. Protected PDF files are locked to specific devices that you have authorized, so if forwarded, cannot be opened on other computers. For detailed information on creating secure PDF files and Viewing them, see the. As a Publisher. Reduce the cost of distributing confidential information – this can now be done electronically since you are always in control of who can view your documents and what they can do with them.
Now you have the convenience and cost savings of online business processes with more secure and reliable electronic document exchange. Achieve full control of the use of the PDF documents you sell for under $4 a day (based on a 3 year time period). Make just a few extra sales to recover your whole expenditure. Manage your customer base and prevent copying and selling on. Reach new markets.
Sell PDF documents that are accessible for a limited time period at a lower cost, rather than being available forever, enabling you to reach new markets that are price sensitive. Ensure that your house style and image/branding are preserved even in the electronic environment. Gain additional revenues (customers now have to buy whereas previously they may have obtained your content for free). See which of your documents/ebooks are most used by how often they are viewed/printed, not just how many are sold.
Modify your marketing processes accordingly to promote your most popular items. Note: Document logging is only available in Safeguard Enterprise PDF DRM. For more information see. Internal company use. Ensure that sensitive documents (merger and acquisition for instance) are really destroyed if a deal does not go through. Prevent your IP going with an employee when he/she leaves your company. Ensure that outsourced work (i.e.
Design work) and strategic proposals do not fall into the hands of your competitors. Ensure internal company sensitive information (e.g. Salaries, budgets, strategic plans) stays within the business.
Ensure that only the authorized or current versions of PDF documents are used. Enforce your policies by requiring documents to become automatically inaccessible without further action once they are no longer required. Ensure inbound information (i.e.
Sensitive research, financial or legal information) is continuously protected (accessed and used appropriately by the correct people) for the duration of its lifecycle. See which users are viewing and printing your documents, and how many times this occurs. For example, you can find out who in a distribution list actually read the document, or spot if excessive printing is taking place. Or you can find out which documents are most commonly viewed and/or printed.
Note: Document logging is only available in Safeguard Enterprise PDF DRM. For more information see. Compliance is the achievement of minimum requirements as dictated by regulatory bodies and law. New regulations and best practices (Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Gramm Leach Bliley Act, HIPAA, ISO 17799) raise these standards by increasing the demand for availability, yet enforcing the need for adequate security against information misuse or wrongful disclosure.
Sarbanes Oxley even builds on existing regulations to require the proof of effective internal controls for company assets, including the protection of information assets such as a company’s trade secrets. Safeguard PDF DRM ensures ongoing policy, legal and regulatory compliance. It removes the risk of you incorrectly transmitting sensitive data by continuing to protect and enforce policy controls even after distribution. See how Locklizard DRM products can help with. Users can ‘try before they buy’ without you having to give away unrestricted use of your PDF documents. Just specify a number of days or views for evaluation. In the same way, when a subscription license expires it does so automatically and your subscriber will have to renew it before they can continue using your PDF documents.
You therefore retain full control over your PDF documents at every stage, and ensure customers continue to pay license fees when they are due. Another way of using license expiry is to allow restricted time access (a few days, a month, etc.) to your PDF documents for a cheaper price, or as a limited alternative to selling a paper copy. No need to wait days like our competitor offerings to be up and running. Start issuing licenses in a matter of minutes from purchasing. Our fully hosted systems ensure there are no extra costs involved in time or money (server configuration, consultant fees, etc.). And when you want to bring the system in-house you can switch over to your own server hosting and integrate it with your e-commerce system for a totally automated solution.
Locklizard’s DRM systems take you beyond domain level security such as that used by Microsoft RMS enabling companies to securely exchange documents in different environments without demanding that you or your customers implement a specific infrastructure. Our ecommerce integration module and command line utility ensure a totally automated protection and license delivery system without the need for manual input. Can be simply and quickly incorporated into your existing web based applications without the need to use an API. Get a complete overview of user, system, and document activity – see the whole picture or examine sections and individual items.
See how often your documents are viewed and printed. See your 5 most accessed, viewed and printed documents. See at a glance how many users, documents, and publications you have and what status they are (active, suspended, expired, etc.). View when administrator actions took place – last added, edited, or deleted records, logged in, logged off, backed up/restored. the administration system.
Log sub-administrator actions and events. Run reports on user, document, and publication activity at any stage, export and save them. Safeguard Enterprise PDF DRM only. Our zero installation Viewers ensure IT departments and users don’t have to custom install, assign administrator privileges, worry about firewalls, or carry out formal evaluation – saving time and money.
Web Viewer A browser based Viewer, enables protected PDF files processed by to be viewed in a browser from any device using any Operating System. It is ideal for environments where no Viewer software can be installed. USB Viewer A Viewer that runs from a USB stick, can be used without an Internet connection ever being available. It provides ultimate flexibility for using protected documents wherever the user goes. Secure documents are instantly accessible just like ordinary files. Operating Systems supported. Windows Vista.
Windows 7. Windows 8. Windows 10 For Viewer OS’s supported see our. File size supported Maximum single file size that can be protected is 200MB. Server requirements (for own server hosting) The Safeguard administration system can be installed on the following server operating systems:. Linux – Red Hat, Suse, Fedora. Windows – 2003 or above Full root access is required and a domain name must be assigned to the server.
The server must be capable of having the following software installed on it:. MySQL database.
MySQLi. PHP version 5.6 – 7.2. Apache HTTP server. IndigoMail or a similar program for sending emails e.g. MS Exchange (Windows server only) Minimum hardware specification: Intel Xeon 4 core, 3.1GHz, 8 GB DDR RAM, 1TB hard drive.
The Secure Home by Joel Skousen English 1999 ISBN: 700 Pages PDF 10.8 MB This is the long awaited update of Mr. Skousen's original and popular work, The Survival Home Manual, last printed in 1982. It has a new title and is a near total rewrite-expanded from 300 pages to 700 pages. This is the long awaited update of Mr. Skousen's original and popular work, The Survival Home Manual, last printed in 1982. It has a new title and is a near total rewrite-expanded from 300 pages to 700 pages. This book is intended to give you all the information you need to implement a high security and self-sufficient residence or retreat, from initial design strategy to shelter construction details.
Skousen's design specialty is building high security, totally self-sufficient homes that are completely off-the grid. This massive volume shows you how to accomplish the complex process of integrating all of the security and self-sufficiency systems into a conventional structure. His unique multi-purpose, high security shelter designs allow a person to install a concealed safe room within a conventional home that offers complete live-in protection from tornadoes, hurricanes, fire, intrusion and nuclear fallout. These are self-contained with independent electrical power, water, food storage and communications and compact living facilities-all with convenient access from inside your own home. His voluminous lists of specific product and equipment recommendations, along with sources, will save you months of research.
These lists are updated regularly on his website so that your copy of The Secure Home will never be out of date.