Document Regulatory Compliance – Securing Sensitive Information
Protect IP
Protect documents regardless of their location:
Stop unauthorized access
Stop sharing and distribution
Strong US Gov strength encryption, DRM & licensing controls
Restrict Use
Control how documents are used:
Stop editing, copying and screen grabs
Stop printing or control the number of prints
Lock use to devices and locations
Set Expiry
Set documents to automatically expire:
on a fixed date
after a number of days use
after a number of views and/or prints
Revoke Access
Revoke access regardless of where documents are located:
revoke a document for all users instantly
revoke individual user access to single, multiple, or all documents
revoke access automatically after a number of views and/or prints
Watermark
Add dynamic watermarks to viewed and or printed pages. Dynamic variables (date/time, user name, company name, email address) are replaced with actual user and system data when the protected PDF document is displayed and/or printed.
You only have to protect a document once in order to customize it for multiple users.
Log Use
See how your documents are being used:
track and log document views
track and log document prints
see what devices & operating systems users are using
Comply Law
Comply with legislation by controlling access and use:
Ensure only authorized parties can view confidential documents
Enforce document retention policies with automatic expiry
Log use for proof of when documents are viewed and printed
Benefits
Protect IPR, reduce costs, ensure compliance, gain new revenue:
Protect revenue and increase ROI – reduce losses and costs
Take control over your IPR, prevent document leakage & theft
No cost per document or user – one fixed price for unlimited use
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The business case for document security & regulatory compliance
Controlling access to & use of sensitive information
Increasingly, corporations have to make sensitive information – board minutes – M&A intentions – handling of reputation – available, not only to people on internal networks like Boards of Management, but also to key people outside of corporate control – supervisory board members, major shareholders, key investment groups or VC fund managers.
Now in the past this was done on paper, or if it was done electronically – email, pdf, password access controlled web site or whatever, then nobody felt they had a duty of care to make that information secure. Plenty of enterprises (especially lawyers) were content to say, “Hey, you were on notice that there was no real security being applied to this information, so don’t even think that we are liable if it hits the public domain.”
As a result of regulation, the fig leaf is no longer a defense. Boards of Management are being told in no uncertain terms by their auditors that a cavalier attitude to information protection is a sure route to personal prosecution. Now there’s nothing like making it personal to motivate the mind!
Today there are many acts of legislation that must be complied with. Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) is probably the single piece of legislation to hit almost all businesses – the US inspired Sarbanes Oxley Act has sharply increased the focus on proper and secure control of corporate information. Then there is the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) which came into full force in April 2005, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) which is focused upon the financial sector, and NIST SP 800-171 for Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Non-federal Information Systems and Organizations.
Locklizard digital rights management products, PDF security, and document copy protection software are ideal for helping you comply with all these regulations. To show you what can be achieved we have identified the different compliance requirements you face, and how Locklizard document DRM solves them for you.
Document Compliance Requirements and information security
Business process compliance
Locklizard document DRM can help with all process compliance requirements. You can use our document security to ensure that only those authorized can view information and prove that it cannot have been seen or used by anyone else. So you can prove that your business processes are sound and secure – better than relying on encryption where once information has been decrypted the user can distribute it to anyone they want.
Information access compliance
You can demonstrate who actually registered to read information, and who did not, even if they were authorized to read it through document security and document controls. And if it is necessary you can prove when they read specific documents, and the location they were at when the documents were accessed. Also if any of the documents were printed that can be monitored and logged.
Ensuring information becomes inaccessible
In many circumstances you are only legally required to maintain information for a specific time period (commonly 6 or 7 years) and after that you may destroy information after that time. It can be very important for you to be certain that information will become destroyed at the actual time, and not be capable of recovery from backups or personal copies. Locklizard document DRM allows you to set an end date by document, so you can be certain that from that end date the document is inaccessible, and effectively destroyed. For further reading see document retention.
Information secrecy
Since Locklizard document security uses the best available encryption methods you can be sure that your protected documents cannot be accessed by anyone who is not authorized. Authorized users do not have the ability to pass on their authority to others, so lines of accountability are clear and precise. Our document security products can be readily used to support the open use of corporate information both inside and outside the corporate network whilst preventing outsiders from being able to access information – even when it is held on a laptop or mobile device.
Control of availability of documents
You may need to be able to prove that documents could not have been used before a given date (SEC reports, analyst briefings, formal reports to statutory bodies). Locklizard document DRM can control access so that they cannot be seen before the date on which they are authorized.
Controlling legal access
You may need to provide access to privileged documents to lawyers or other investigators as part of the legal process known as discovery, or because you need to provide documents to your own advisers. You want to be sure that only documents that you have authorized can be used and be able to know which parties have used them. This is an ideal way of being sure that others can only gain access to specifically authorized information and cannot go on ‘fishing trips’ through your information. It also allows you to comply with the NIST SP 800-171 rules concerning controlled access to information. You can set an expiry date for information and instantly revoke access when needed.
Meeting regulatory compliance with Locklizard DRM document security
Why Locklizard for Document Security & Regulatory Compliance?
Locklizard document security ensures you can easily achieve regulatory compliance
Meeting compliance does not have to be the difficult task that some suppliers make out (perhaps because they figure they can charge you more?). If you publish sensitive documents in PDF format then Locklizard provide you with simple, easy to use tools that leverage state-of-the-art DRM controls over your sensitive information.
You require best practices to demonstrate that unauthorized individuals could not access information, because the information was strongly encrypted and use licensed. This approach allows corporations to allow sensitive information (trade secrets, personal data including social security numbers, board of management documents etc.) to be stored on laptop computers and mobile devices, and distributed outside of their organization without any loss of control.
Locklizard document security prevents all the simple compromises – use of the print screen key, stopping any form of editing or saving so that your information can’t be passed on to those who are not authorized, watermarking dynamically to expose the people who try to compromise your security, preventing screen grabbing, and, if you feel compelled to allow people to print the sensitive information you have sent them, creating dynamic watermarks to make copying more problematic for the information pirate.
We also prevent forwarding – there are no ‘Save’ or ‘Save As’ features in our Secure Viewers, and we do not use root kits, temporary files or similar mechanisms, so typical compromises cannot be achieved.
So for a modest price you can achieve a state-of-the-art protection service for your sensitive information that meets auditors requirements (indeed it is used by auditors and governments to protect their own information) at the same time as being able to distribute information electronically, quickly and cheaply. The ROI and cost/benefit arguments are obvious. Complete document security for regulatory compliance – but not at any price.
Locklizard document security controls for regulatory compliance
Control Document Access
Ensure only authorized users have access to confidential documents.
Control when documents can be first used and how long they can be used for.
Control document use
Ensure documents can only be used with the restrictions you have applied to them.
For example, stop users sharing, printing, and screen grabbing documents.
Document Retention, Expiry & Revocation
Comply with document retention policies by having documents automatically expire so they are no longer accessible.
Expire documents on a fixed date, after a number of days use, views or prints.
Revoke access instantly regardless of where documents reside.
Location Locking
Lock document use to locations (e.g. the office) to control BYOD use.
Prevent users using confidential documents at home or in other potentially insecure locations.
Track Use
See who has opened and viewed documents, when and from where.
Demonstrate who has or has not read information.
Why Locklizard for Document Security Compliance?
Locklizard Document Protection – PDF DRM Security to control document access & use
Locklizard takes your document protection seriously. We provide total PDF protection with US Gov strength AES encryption, public key technology, DRM and licensing controls, to ensure your PDF files remain protected no matter where they reside.
No keys are exposed to users or interfaces and documents are only ever decrypted in memory – see our DRM technology.
Our easy to use adminsitration system provides simple user and document management and unlike passwords, keys are transparently and securely managed for you.
See our customer testimonials and read our case studies to see why thousands of organizations use Locklizard PDF security for document protection, regulatory compliance, and secure document sharing.
Customer Testimonials
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.
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