Authenticated dotted lines for digital documents
Document signing certificates verify author and document authenticity, establishing trust for electronically transmitted documents in real time. Entrust Document Signing Certificates are compatible with Adobe® PDF and Microsoft® documents and provide non-repudiation for the lifetime of a document.
Document Signing Certificates Benefits
Flexible and Affordable
Our document signing certificates are available for individuals, groups, and enterprise, with terms of up to three years and many options for unlimited signatures.
Approved and Trusted by Adobe®
Entrust is an Adobe Certified Document Services (CDS) Member and an Adobe Approved Trust List (AATL) Member.
Trustworthy on Every Level
Identify the sender’s name and organization, the presence and validity of digital signatures, and verify the unaltered integrity of the document after signing.
Three steps to secure document signing
- Deliver our certificates with a USB token or through a hardware security module.
- Enable certificate-based signatures in your document creation applications.
- Recipients feel confident knowing that the publisher was verified by Entrust, a trusted certification authority.
Document Signing Certificates Features
Timestamping
Verify when code is signed and determine whether the signature is valid.
Multiple Signature Workflow
Easily authenticate sensitive documents that require multiple signatures.
Visual Trust Indicators
Expose document tampering with clear visual indicators.
Expiration Notification
Avoid accidental certificate expirations with automatic expiration notifications.
Automatic or Manual Signing
Choose automatic signing for bulk signatures or manual signing for one document at a time.
Legal Compliance
Secure legally binding documents. We support the U.S. Federal ESIGN Act and many international laws.
Choose Your Document Signing Solution
Our document signing certificate solutions include support and offer options for signature type, signature amount, and lifetimes.
Features
INDIVIDUAL
Manual
GROUP
Manual
Marketing Department
ABC Co.
ENTERPRISE LITE
Automatic
Marketing Department
ABC Co.
100,000/year
ENTERPRISE
Automatic
Marketing Department
ABC Co.
Specifications
Supported Systems
Our Document Signing Certificates support the following software.
For more information on system requirements, compatible software, and operating systems, download our Document Signing Certificates Data Sheet
Sign and Certify
Entrust Document Signing Certificates can be used with Adobe Acrobat for PDF signing or PDF certification. Certification only comes from an Adobe CDS or AATL CA. Certification indicates that the signer was verified to Adobe’s requirements and that the private key is protected in hardware.
- Adobe Acrobat DC
- Adobe Acrobat XI Standard
- Adobe Acrobat XI Pro
- Adobe Acrobat X Standard
- Adobe Acrobat X Pro
- Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard
- Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro
Sign Only
Adobe Reader
- Users can sign with Reader, but signatures cannot be certified.
Operating Systems
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (64-bit), 2012 R2 (64-bit)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (64-bit)
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 (32-bit)
- Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Microsoft Windows 8 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- Microsoft Windows 8.1 (32-bit and 64-bit)
- OpenOffice
- LibreOffice
- Bluebeam
System Requirements
Certificate Download Requirements
- Microsoft Windows Operating System – 7, 8.1
- Microsoft Windows Server Operating System – 2008 and 2012
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 and 11
- FIPS-Validated Software – Provided upon purchase only for individual and group certificates
Certificate Signing Requirements
- Microsoft Windows Operating System – 7, 8.1 and 10
- Microsoft Windows Server Operating System – 2008 and 2012
- Adobe Reader
- Adobe Acrobat
- Microsoft Office Word and Excel
- OpenOffice
- LibreOffice
- FIPS-Validated Software – Provided upon purchase only for individual and group certificates
Viewing Requirements
- Adobe Reader, Acrobat or other PDF software compatible that supports certificate-signed PDF documents
- Microsoft Word and Excel
How-To Guides and Resources
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