Safeguard pdf

Secure encryption for maximum safety. There are PDF passwords that can be removed easily. We thoroughly encrypt your files so that it would take many thousands of years to crack your password with a regular computer. A good length for a secure password. For a very secure password, we recommend using a non-dictionary word of 7 characters or more.

Also include numeric characters, capital letters, and symbols. Password-protection in the cloud. You don't have to download or install any software to set a password for your PDF. Just upload it, protect your PDF and download the encrypted file. Enter the password you'd like to set. Download your encrypted PDF file! These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent.

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Set password to open the document This password can be used to prevent unwanted access to the file. Enter open password. Repeat open password. Set password to restrict permissions This password can be used to limit functionality of the pdf. Repeat permission password. Optional Settings. Rasterize: For more security, you can select this option to prevent others from editing the document or revealing potential hidden areas, as all contents will be merged into one, non-searchable layer.

Enable Rasterize. Info: Please enable JavaScript for this website to function properly. How do I add a password to a PDF? Upload your PDF file. Enter and repeat an open password. It provides ultimate flexibility for using protected documents wherever the user goes.

Secure documents are instantly accessible just like ordinary files. Customization: Here you can brand the viewer with your own splash screen and custom message.

Expiry and Validity: Here you select when your protected PDF documents expire if ever and whether checks have to be made with the server to validate licenses.

By enforcing license validation you can instantly revoke access to protected PDF documents. Secure PDFs are automatically protected from copy and paste.

Printing and Viewing: Here you select whether users can print and view your protected PDF documents, and if so, how many times.

You can even prevent document access once the number of prints have been used. Watermarks when viewing: Here you select whether watermarks are displayed on your protected PDF documents when they are viewed. Both text and image watermarks are supported. Watermarks when printing: Here you select whether watermarks are printed on your protected PDF documents.

Both text and image watermarks can be printed. PDF Protection Administration System Customers: This is where you create, edit and manage user accounts and assign document and publication access. Publications: This is where you add and manage publications. You can also view the customers and documents associated with each publication and assign publication access. Documents: This is where you manage protected PDF document records and see the controls you applied to them.

You can also view the customers who have access to each protected PDF document and grant or deny access. Statistics: This is where you can see statistics and view system log files.

Settings: This is where you can review and change email settings and control how license information is delivered to users. My Account: From here you can download your Writer license and see what product add-ons are enabled.

Safeguard PDF Security. 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. Manage subscription customers using our unique publications. Secure and transparent key management — no passwords, certificates or keys to enter, manage, or distribute.

Safeguard PDF Security is simple to use, quick to implement, totally flexible. In Depth. 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 stop a PDF from being printed 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.

Decryption keys are stored encrypted and locked to individual computers, thus ensuring they cannot be shared Use of your documents in thin client environments e. This enables you to prevent users installing one common copy for all available environment users Enforce your own house style and appearance by ensuring that protected PDF documents may only be seen in the format you have decided. PDF protection that is simple to use.

Batch PDF protect — no user input required. Unique concept of publications makes document management simpler. 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.

Dynamic, non-removable watermarks. User and document expiry, including instant revocation for previously distributed documents and persistent version control. Document expiry Expire documents on a certain date, after a number of days, after a number of views, or after a number of prints. Instant revocation Instant user and document revocation — terminate access to protected PDF documents instantly. Complete off-line PDF protection. Company Branding — customizable message text and image options.

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. 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.

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. Web based administration. CSV importing means you can interface systems that do not obey consistent standards. User and system auditing. 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.

Administrator Logs The administration system logs when administrators log on, when they performed an action i. Undelivered Email Logs A list of undelivered emails e. 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.

Pie Charts Pie charts provide a quick visual summary of the principal system details. Email delivery and tracking. Choice of hosting arrangements. Free secure PDF viewer software. Viewer updates can be enforced to ensure that users are always using the latest version.

Transparent real-time web based user authorization. Government strength PDF protection for your documents. No passwords to send, enter, manage, forget or pass on to others. 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.