Protect your documents

against leakage & piracy

Stop unauthorized sharing, copying, printing

Enforce expiry and instantly revoke access

Share documents securely

enforcing your controls

Ensure only authorized third parties can use content

Control device usage and restrict location access

Sell ebooks, reports, courses

while protecting your revenue

Prevent pirating and passing on, copying & printing

Dynamically watermark content with user's details

Ensure regulatory compliance

and provide legal access

Enforce document retention policies, prevent editing,

control start and stop dates, track document use

Control document use no

matter where they reside

Remove the risk of incorrectly transmitting sensitive

data. Enforce policy controls after distribution

Our Document DRM Software

Locklizard protects your Intellectual Property (documents, reports, training courses, ebooks, forms, etc.) from being stolen or compromized.
We specialize in document security and copy protection for PDF files, protecting your intellectual property from unauthorized use, misuse and piracy.

Sell Documents Securely
- Stop document sharing and piracy
- Protect and grow your revenue streams by creating new markets
- Stop unauthorized distribution and control use
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Protect Online Training Courses and eLearning Materials
Control course access, how content can be used, when and how long courses are viewed. Stop users sharing course materials, & prevent others from editing, copying, or pirating course works. Lock use to locations and instantly revoke access to distributed content.
Stop Ebook Piracy
Prevent users pirating your ebooks by locking use to devices and stop them saving to unprotected file formats. Stop screengrabs and discourage photos being taken by adding dynamic watermarks that identify users. Block printing and editing while still allowing annotations.
Secure Reports against Theft
Secure high value reports against sharing, theft and misrepresentation. Prevent copying and pasting, editing, screenshots, and printing. Expire reports after a given time period or a number of uses, and instantly revoke access at any time. Enforce permanent watermarks.
Incorporate Safeguard PDF DRM security into your ecommerce system for secure 24x7 management of your protected PDF documents. Batch protect PDF files without user intervention for completely automated PDF protection.
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Stop Leaks & Enforce Compliance
- Lock PDF use to devices & locations
- Automatically expire PDF files and instantly revoke access
- Provide proof of use by logging & tracking documents
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Prevent Document Leakage
Prevent documents being viewed outside of the office or other trusted environments. Control BYOD use by only allowing access to authorized devices.
Stop users sharing, copying, editing and printing confidential and sensitive business documents, and apply watermarks that identify users.
Comply with Legislation
Enforce retention policies by automatically expiring documents so they are no longer accessible after a specific period of time or use. Instantly revoke access to documents and users regardless of where they are located.
Track how documents are used, and log document opens and prints for audit purposes.
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Share PDFs Securely
- Control document use inside and outside your organization
- Enforce how documents are used
- Protect confidential & sensitive documents, trade secrets & IPR
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Secure Document Sharing
Control access to and restrict use of your PDF files. Control who uses your documents, for how long, where and when. Instantly revoke access regardless of location.
Stop copying, editing, printing (or limit the number of prints), and screenshots. Stop PDF files from being illegally shared and distributed across the Internet.
Control PDF expiry and revoke access to your secure PDF documents at any time. Lock PDFs to specific computers or USB devices, or enable Web Viewer use (no installation). Apply dynamic watermarks to prints and/or views.
Tightly control sharing with third parties without fear of them changing or removing permissions, stripping protection, or passing on your documents to others.
Membership Management
Easily control and administer document services for grades of member while ensuring non-members cannot benefit.
Automatically expire PDF files so that only the latest documents are made available. Instantly revoke document and user access once membership ceases.
Prevent editing and printing to stop passing on and piracy of content.
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Organizations use our Digital Rights Management (DRM) software to achieve PDF security without passwords, ensure enhanced document security & copy protection of their intellectual property, while reducing publishing costs, complying with regulatory requirements, putting in place document retention policies, establishing new revenue generation techniques and more…

Who uses Locklizard PDF DRM Security?

Protect, control, & analyze confidential, sensitive or revenue-generating documents on any device, in any location

We needed to deliver e-book versions of our handbooks while not compromising on security and digital rights. Safeguard PDF security is easy to use and intuitive.

The implementation was painless and we now have a greener, more secure way of distributing training manuals.
Locklizard’s PDF protection is exactly as described – the features are highly effective and I would give it 5 stars.

I would recommend Locklizard to others - their security is simple to use and fit for purpose. It meets common needs of businesses who have information they want to protect.
We would be happy to recommend Locklizard to any company needing a flexible way to secure PDF files.

Safeguard PDF Security has provided us with a very workable solution for sharing of information in a secure fashion. The support has been excellent and very accommodating.
We can cut accounts for a user five minutes before his class starts and he is ready to go. Happy smiling customer, while we still have security and personalized watermarking.

I have immense respect for the product and Locklizard provide great customer satisfaction and service.
We would recommend Safeguard to other companies for its security, cost and ease of use. It does what we expected it to do and more.

Ease of use is a bonus and the implementation was very easy. The product manual is excellent and Locklizard staff are very accommodating.
We sell a highly valued educational product in an open and competitive market so it was important to ensure we had effective security to protect our digital rights.

We highly recommend Locklizard - a professional company with a competitive and professional PDF Security product.
We would absolutely recommend both Locklizard as a company, and Safeguard PDF Security. It has transformed our study materials to the next level.

Not only did this increase sales, but we also believe that it has increased our customers’ ability to learn, which is even more important!
We would recommend Locklizard Safeguard to other companies that need to protect PDF reports. Customers have found the process of accessing the protected documents to be seamless.

Implementation was easy and technical support has been very responsive to requests for help.
Our company would without reservation recommend Locklizard. Their document DRM software opens up delivery of our new products in a timely fashion while knowing that the content will remain secure.

The return on investment to our company has been immediately evident.
We use Safeguard to make sure that documents cannot be opened outside our local network or from a unauthorized computer in order to copy or print the documents.

It is the most feature rich, affordable, & simple to use PDF security product on the market.
Safeguard PDF Security is simple to administer and meets our needs, consistently delivering secured manuals to our customers with ease.

Return on investment has been elimination of many man hours, printing resources and postage – it is estimated that costs decreased by 50% or more.
We would really recommend Safeguard PDF Security to every publishing company for managing ePubs or e-books securely. It is easy to secure PDF files and simple to distribute them to our authorized customers only.

Locklizard also provides a good customer support experience.
The ROI for us is incalculable. We have the security of knowing that our proprietary documents are secure. This is the entire value of our company.

I would most certainly recommend your PDF security product and already have. The ease of implementation was surprising.
We can now sell our manuals without the need to print them first, saving time, money and helping safeguard the environment.

We would recommend Safeguard PDF DRM – it is the perfect solution to sell and send e-documents securely whilst making sure someone cannot copy them.
We would recommend Locklizard to other companies without hesitation.

Their PDF DRM products provide a manageable, cost effective way to protect intellectual investment and they are always looking for ways to improve them. Moreover, their staff provide an excellent level of support.

Product Features

Locklizard information rights management solutions are used to secure documents, enforce elearning security & protect ebooks with DRM controls.
Choose from a wide range of granular DRM controls to tightly administer document access and use.

Locklizard vs other security solutions

Other document security and PDF protection solutions claim to protect your documents with strong encryption and restrictions, but they are easy to bypass or remove.
Locklizard use secure viewers to enforce DRM controls, don’t use insecure technology like passwords or plugins, & ensure documents always remain under your control.

Why Locklizard PDF DRM over PDF Password Protection?

Passwords seem a quick and simple way of protecting PDF documents with encryption but provide poor security:

	Passwords can be shared or removed Once you have given a user a password - you have to do this to let them open a document - they can share it with others or simply remove it.
	Passwords can be cracked Passwords can be broken with password remover software. Strong passwords can help prevent hackers accessing your PDF files as readily, but you must distribute them securely and manage them.
	Permissions or restrictions can be easily removed PDF permissions (restrictions) can be removed however strong the password is or simply ignored by PDF Reader applications. Why you should not password protect PDF files to restrict PDF use.
	Zero control after distribution You have no control over documents once they have been decrypted. Users can easily remove restrictions and edit, copy and print content. You have no idea who is using your documents or what they are doing with them.

Why Locklizard document DRM security over secure data rooms?

Secure data rooms make you believe you can share documents securely online. However, your documents are only as secure as the weakest link - login credentials can be shared with other users so anyone can login and view your ‘secure’ documents. See why data room security is not adequate for secure document sharing.

	No login credentials for users to share Users never enter any credentials so they cannot share them. Decryption keys are transparently relayed to an encrypted client keystore locked to the user’s device.
	No uploading unprotected documents Unprotected documents don't leave your computer so they can never be compromised. Secure documents on your local computer and distribute them by web, email, usb, etc.
	No useless JavaScript or weak protection Our DRM controls are enforced by our Viewers. Browser based viewers are easy to manipulate with script injections, in-line script editing, and browser plugins which can easily remove the security controls. See Google Docs and Flip books as examples.
	Stop screen grabbing & printing to PDF Stop print screen and third party screen grabbing tools capturing your documents. Prevent printing of documents to PDF and other file formats.

Why Locklizard secure PDF Viewers over PDF plugins?

At first glance plugins seem an ideal solution, enabling users to view protected PDF documents in Adobe Reader. But they require Admin rights to install and are a security risk.

	Plugins can be overruled Plugins can easily conflict with one another causing them to either stop working, or worse, stop enforcing DRM controls.
	Plugins can put users systems at risk Some document security providers require users to turn off security in Adobe Reader for their plugins to work. This puts the application and the user's system at greater risk of malware attack.
	Plugins can easily break Plugins have to work across multiple versions of Adobe so it is little wonder that they stop working when Adobe Reader updates are rolled out or when other plugins are updated.
	Plugins are not secure even if certified Anyone can write a plug-in for Adobe Acrobat without obtaining certification. However, certified plugins are not guaranteed as fit for purpose or secure, and authors can forge signatures so plugins run in certified mode.

How Locklizard compares to our competitors

Locklizard has taken a different approach to document security by avoiding known security weaknesses and complex implementation. Our DRM software is simple to use and secure.

	Secure PDF viewers We use our own secure PDF Viewers – so we have full control over the environment and can enforce DRM controls.
	No insecure technology We don’t use passwords, plugins, JavaScript, or temporary files - document decryption is done in memory only.
	Simple and secure key management Key management is handled transparently by the licensing server and secure Viewer - there are no complex keys to generate, distribute, manage, or for users to share.
	Full control over unprotected files No uploading of unprotected documents to servers where they could be compromized – protect documents on your computer and distribute them just like any other file.
	Device & location locking to prevent sharing We lock documents to devices so they cannot be shared, and optionally to locations so you can control BYOD use.
	Control over Operating System functionality We prevent high quality screenshots being taken by screen grabbing software, and block printing to PDF files and other unprotected file formats.
	Modular DRM controls DRM controls are expansive and flexible – you protect just one file for all users and control access on a user basis – so for example, you can have the same file expire at different times for different users.
	Total offline document protection Offline documents contain the same level of security as online ones, and you can optionally distribute the Viewer and protected PDFs on USB stick for total offline use.
	Significant cost savings & flexible hosting We provide perpetual unlimited use licenses, saving you thosands over competitor offerings. You host on-premise (on your own servers) or use our AWS hosted systems to get up and running straight away.

Locklizard takes your document protection seriously. Our document DRM enables you to securely share documents without insecure passwords, and enforces access, location, expiry, and usage controls regardless of location. Total document security for Data Loss Prevention DLP, secure document distribution and control.

Over 5,000,000 documents secured
Over 3,000,000 end-users
30+ years in the IT security sector
US Government strength encryption
NO insecure plugins or passwords

See how easy it is to protect, sell
and share your documents

Document Security & DRM Copy Protection

Protect from piracy

Stop copying & prevent unauthorized distribution
Stop printing /control prints
Stop screen grabbing
Expire & revoke access
Add dynamic watermarks
Lock use to devices
Lock use to locations
Audit use, identify leaks

Share securely

Our document security software prevents unauthorized document sharing, leakage, piracy & theft.

It controls access to and use of information inside and outside your organization, so you can securely share documents & cost effectively distribute and manage your digital content.

Control BYOD use and lock PDF documents to specific locations.

Dynamic control

Change access, print, IP restriction, and expiry controls even after distribution.

Apply dynamic watermarks displaying individual user information to viewed and/or printed documents to discourage photocopying.

Revoke documents and users at any stage regardless of where they are located.

Total PDF Protection

Stop unauthorized access and control document use.

Using US Government approved AES encryption, public key technology, licensing controls, device locking, IP restrictions, and DRM security, you can be assured that your documents are safe.

We don’t use insecure plugins, JavaScript or passwords for document protection.

Document Security Blog

Secure Cloud Document Storage and Encryption
How effective is secure cloud document storage for encrypted file sharing? This blog examines what makes a cloud storage provider secure, whether the reality matches the marketing hype, and what additional steps you can take to achieve secure encrypted file sharing and prevent leaks.
Data loss prevention (DLP) vs DRM
DLP software & why it is not effective at preventing leaks What are the advantages and disadvantages of data loss prevention software and DRM solutions, and which is better at preventing leaks?
Protect online machinery manuals from AI web scraping & copying
What the EU machinery directive means for digital machinery manuals & how to protect them Learn the new requirements for digital machinery manuals under the EU machinery directive, why online machinery manuals are vulnerable to AI web scraping, and how to protect them.
How to print to PDF even if password protected
How to print to PDF on Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS The print to PDF function on your devices lets you easily save documents, web pages, and images to an almost universally supported format without additional software. Here’s how to print to PDF (even if password protected) and protect the output file.
How to protect AutoCAD files from editing, copying, and sharing
The different protection options for DWG files & why the're ineffective Learn how to protect AutoCAD files using passwords, digital signatures, and the cloud and the security advantages of distributing CAD drawings as PDF.
How to password protect a document
How to make a password protected document and why it is not secure Learn how to create a password protected document using various software solutions, including choosing a strong password, the drawbacks of password protection, and secure alternatives.
How to unlock a password protected PDF
How to unlock and edit a password protected PDF with or without the password Learn how PDF passwords work, their weaknesses, and how to use both native apps and cracking tools to unlock and remove their passwords.
Google Workspace security - is it secure?
How good is Google Workspace security & privacy The key security features of Google Workspace, plus the problems with data protection measures such as encryption, document restrictions, DLP and access rules, and how you can address them.
Why using JavaScript in PDF files is a security risk
JavaScript security vulnerabilities & how to remove JS from PDFs Learn how JavaScript works in PDFs, what JS PDF code is used for, why adding JavaScript to PDF files is a bad idea, and why JavaScript is not a secure way to protect documents.