Features and Benefits

True Credentials® for Adobe® Acrobat® provides: -Certified digital signatures -Electronic document control -Persistent document security Assurance of authenticity of author and integrity of content Real-time certificate validation when PDF is viewed Compliance with federal e-signature Law Easy acceptance by recipients with free Adobe® Reader online safely. Create a safe Server-based and desktop implementation available Allows for one-way publishing (author-to-recipient) and countersigning of documents

Designed for Enterprises
Every day, businesses, educational institutions and government agencies publish and share information electronically. Because these organizations depend on rapid, easy information access, they bring their documents and business processes online to improve efficiency, reduce costs, serve users more effectively and comply with regulatory mandates.

Yet, online fraud and identity theft, combined with instant information dissemination via e-mail and the Web, provide an easy way for fraudulent documents to be distributed. While incompatible security technologies and desktops make sharing documents cumbersome and inconsistent. As a result, documents sent outside an organization are often left unprotected, and recipients are rarely assured of a documents integrity or authors identity.

GeoTrusts True Credentials® for Adobe® Acrobat® is changing the way enterprises use and trust electronic information. It allows authors to create Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) documents that clearly certify to recipients that the authors identity has been verified by a trusted organization and that the document has not been altered. The solution allows organizations to engage in more secure, reliable electronic document exchange, and publish trusted documents to an open community where pre-existing trust relationships dont already exist.

Applications For Certified Document Services
The need to certify document authenticity is stronger than ever in todays electronic business environment. Digital signature capabilities enable important documents and information to be published inside and outside an organization with added assurances that the information arrives exactly as it was intended. True Credentials for Adobe Acrobat is an ideal solution for organizations that publish documents that need to be trusted, including:

• Financial Services that are driven by high value transactions, the conservative nature of business operations and need to adhere to government regulations such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
• Healthcare Organizations that must maintain highly sensitive information and compliance with HIPAA regulations
• Educational Institutions that want to expedite the dissemination of transcripts and grades, and save on processing costs
• Manufacturing Companies that are facing pressure to reduce costs by streamlining business work-flow by replacing paper transactions with electronic transactions
• Government Agencies that need to support the e-government Act of 2002 and the Government Paperwork Elimination Act
• Other Uses for CDS include distribution of sales quotes, analysis reports, white papers, statements, invoices, press releases, privacy statements, human resource documents and any general communications that need to be verified as legitimate

Ensure Document Integrity Seamlessly and Simply
Together, Adobe and GeoTrust have developed a revolutionary solution for document security. True Credentials for Adobe Acrobat is the first ubiquitous implementation of public-key document validation technology; and, because it is embedded within existing Adobe applications, it is truly seamless and easy to use.

Certified documents differ significantly from standard digitally signed ones. For example, although Adobe® Acrobat® allows authors to sign PDFs with any x.509 v3 digital certificate, this isn't the same as signing a PDF document with a digital certificate issued from GeoTrust. A True Credentials for Adobe Acrobat certificate is signed by the GeoTrust for Adobe Certificate Authority (CA) that has been issued by the Adobe trusted root and embedded in Adobe Reader and Acrobat, versions 6.0 and higher. Only certificates issued from this hierarchy will receive the certified signature validation mark automatically when opened with Adobe Reader or Acrobat.

Relying parties don't need to decide for themselves whether the issuing CA should be trusted since the Adobe Reader or Acrobat applications automatically verify the validity of the certificate and display a message to the relying party that the signature and/or contents have been validated. In addition, Certified document signing ensures the highest level of document integrity and verification because the users or departments digital credentials must be stored on a cryptographic hardware device and they must be issued by a WebTrust-certified CA using strict guidelines.

How it Works
Authors or organizations interested in creating certified documents will register with GeoTrust, have their identification information verified and be provided with a digital certificate that can be used to sign PDF documents. Document recipients using the free Adobe Reader or Acrobat will then have the ability to automatically validate certified documents with no additional software or configuration. The document recipient simply opens the document and is presented with a document validity signature box. It includes easy to understand certification status symbols that indicate whether the document is certified and/or if it has been modified.

By clicking on the signature properties, recipients can view additional information, such as certificate details, signers contact information and validation method.

True Credentials for Adobe Acrobat is available to either individuals or departments within an organization, and is available in two hardware configurations to meet varying volume requirements.

• Desktop-based solution is designed for low or moderate volume signing using Adobe Acrobat. A SafeNet FIPS 140-1 level 2 cryptographic USB token is issued to an individual (Sarah Jones) or a department (ABC Company, Human Resources). The token, which holds the verified signer's CDS certificate, must be installed in the signing party's USB computer port, and each PDF document is signed individually, using a secure, two factor, process (token plus password).
• Server-based solution is designed for organizations that are publishing high-volumes of documents (such as bank statements, billing statements, or reports in the name of an organization). This solution works in conjunction with the Adobe LiveCycle Security server, and eliminates the step of manually opening each PDF file and applying a certified signature. In this configuration, the certificate is securely stored on a SafeNet FIPS 140-1 level 3 hardware security module (HSM) or an nCiper Classified Document Security Appliance.