Secure PDF

A development library tailored for PDF security. Sign, Verify, Encrypt, and Decrypt using modern PAdES and PDF Security Standards.

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Secure PDF

PDF and PAdES Security Components

Secure PDF is a comprehensive development library designed to deliver enterprise-grade security for PDF document management. With full support for modern PAdES and PDF security standards, Secure PDF empowers organizations to Sign, Verify, Encrypt, and Decrypt PDF documents with industry-leading protection mechanisms. The library offers robust, highly configurable encryption and signing options, seamlessly integrating with existing Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) environments to ensure streamlined deployment within any enterprise ecosystem.

Built to support all major PDF protection standards, including Basic Adobe Signatures and advanced PAdES levels (B-B, B-T, B-LT, B-LTA, and PAdES-EPES), Secure PDF enables businesses to meet the most stringent compliance and security requirements. Its long-term validation and archival capabilities ensure that organizations maintain document integrity and authenticity over time. For enterprises looking to optimize document security while ensuring operational efficiency, Secure PDF offers a simple yet robust solution for secure PDF management.

Secure PDF is based on PDF Security features of our SecureBlackbox product, where these technologies have been developed and market-tested for the past two decades. Secure PDF has simpler interfaces and full integration with the security and networking infrastructure of our IPWorks products.

All Major PDF Protection Standards

Add and Verify Basic Adobe Signatures as well as signatures at every PAdES level.

Long-Term Document Archiving

Refresh and embed validation material to create or update signed documents for long-term validation.

Integrate With Existing PKI

Includes several deployment and development options making it simple to integrate into your existing PKI.

Advanced Chain Validation

Full support for CRL and OCSP operations. Includes support for EU Trusted Lists. Customizable certificate chain validation for any environment.

Uniform & Extensible Design

Very easy to use, with a uniform, intuitive, and extensible design. Common component interfaces across platforms and technologies.

Fully Integrated Components

Native software components for any supported development technology - with no dependencies on external libraries.

Red Carpet Vol. 2 2024 Now Available

IPWorks 2024, SecureBlackbox 2024, Cloud SSO, DTLS, and more


The 2024 release of IPWorks, SecureBlackbox and more brings all-new capabilities and across-the-board enhancements to authentication, encryption, and performance. IPWorks features a new DTLS toolkit, a new CardDAV component, and more. SecureBlackbox sees major enhancements to PDF & XML signing. And we are pleased to introduce Cloud SSO, a simple, new toolkit for building SSO capabilities into web apps.

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Product Features

  • Support for Basic Adobe Signatures as well as PAdES B-B, B-T, B-LT, B-LTA, and PAdES-EPES.
  • Support for qualified signatures and EU Trusted Lists.
  • Password and certificate-based encryption and decryption.
  • Basic and advanced verification and validation options.
  • Attachments and widget graphics support.
  • Create empty signature fields to fill later.
  • Update existing PDF signatures to include additional CRLs or OCSP responses.
  • Certify new signatures with a timestamp from a trusted TSA.
  • A complete unified framework with a common, easy-to-learn object model and simplified interfaces enable you to do more.
  • Components are thread-safe on critical members.
  • Fast, robust, reliable components that consume minimal resources.
  • Native development components for all supported platforms and technologies.
  • Rigorously tested, rock solid libraries that have undergone hundreds of thousands of hours of testing both internally by our QA team and externally through customer installations.
  • Detailed reference documentation, sample applications, fully-indexed help files, and an extensive online knowledge base.
  • Backed by multi-tier professional support, including free email support and enterprise-level paid support.

Supported Platforms

.NET

.NET Framework & Cross-platform Components

Based on a 100% C# codebase, with no dependencies on native code. The edition of choice for all .NET applications.

.NET

Cross-platform support for Windows, Linux, macOS, and anywhere .NET is supported. Due to OS limitations, not all features are available on all operating systems. Native libraries are also available for individual platforms.

  • Fully-managed .NET components written in C#.
  • Support for .NET 8, .NET 7, .NET 6, .NET 5, .NET Core 3.1, and earlier.
  • Support for .NET Framework 2.0 - 4.8.
  • Works with Xamarin and MAUI via .NET 6.
  • .NET Standard 2.0 and 2.1 support.
  • Fully asynchronous API available.
  • Cross-platform support.
  • Support for Windows IoT.
  • Comprehensive integrated product documentation.
  • Seamless integration with Visual Studio.
  • Extensive sample applications written in C#.


Java

Pure Java Classes (Java/J2EE)

Pure Java Classes exposed through an intuitive API for portability across all major platforms.

Java
  • Pure Java Classes.
  • Includes an extensive library of samples written in pure Java.
  • J2EE version is optimized for server-side development.
  • Seamless integration with popular development environments including JBuilder, Eclipse, and IntelliJ.
  • Support for JDK version 1.7 and up.


Components for PDF Signing and Encryption

The following components are included in Secure PDF. Please note that due to platform limitations, some components may not be available in all editions.

Included Samples

The following sample projects are installed with the product. Please download the trial to get started.

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