TC Business ID for Adobe
TC Business ID for Adobe is the certificate for the digital signing of PDF documents and completable PDF forms. Show your customers the importance you associate with security in electronic communication and protect them against non-authenticated information.
Your communication partners can very easily verify and display the integrity and authorship of your PDFs using the free Adobe Reader – without any manual intervention or even additional plug-ins.
This is possible because TC Business IDs for Adobe are issued by an Adobe-signed TC Adobe Root, so that every Acrobat Reader will recognize a TC Business ID for Adobe as trustworthy.
When viewed a signed or certified PDF document with Acrobat Reader the signature information and validation will be presented automatically - independent whether the user is online or not. The validation of the signer's certificate takes place at the signing time and this information will be timestamped as well. For this reason no further internet access is required.
Features and Benefits
- Certificate suitable for Adobe Certified Document Services (CDS)
- 100%-compatible with Adobe Life Cycle ES, Adobe Acrobat Professional and Acrobat Reader
- Optionally certificate for single user workstation (Token) or signing server (HSM)
- The owner named in the certificate can be a person, a role (e.g. Marketing) or the company itself for use as a corporate certificate
- Validity 1, 2 or 3 years
- Trustworthy check based on documents such as entries in the commercial register and IDs
- Includes online validation and timestamp (RFC 3161)
- Revocation service
- Complies with the Federal ESIGN Law in the United States
As required, TC Business ID for Adobe may be issued for individuals or groups within a company or organization. At the same time TC Business ID for Adobe is available for small, medium and large signature volumes.
TC Business ID for Adobe on USB Token has been designed for individuals and organizations wanting to sign small to medium volumes of PDF documents. The alternative TC Business ID for Adobe (HSM) is a solution for companies wanting to digitally sign large volumes of PDF documents or PDF forms on the server side.
Price Information
TC Business ID for Adobe is available with a validity of 1, 2 or 3 years in the following variants:
Cetificate (Validity 1 year) Signatures € (Price/Sign)
Individual only USB Token 500 165,- (0,33)
Team/Organization USB Token 5.000 1.449,- (0,29)
Individual/Team/Organization for HSM 50.000 6.500,- (0,13)
Individual/Team/Organization for HSM 100.000 9.100,- (0,09)
Individual/Team/Organization for HSM 500.000 25.000,- (0,05)
Please see on the online application form the prices for a validity of 2 and 3 years.
The solution for signing PDFs with Adobe Professional
You want to sign individual PDF documents using Adobe Professional? All you need is TC Business ID for Adobe (Token) and a Token to digitally sign your PDF documents on the workstation. Possible uses include the certification or signing of product documentation, application forms or routing slips.
For the applying and the storage of your TC Business ID for Adobe (Token) you need a SafeNet iKey 4000 Token. Sources of supply are listed here. Please notice the installation guidelines including the initialisation and the applying description. With our How-to-Get Manual you have a good overlook of the necessary steps before you can apply for the TC Business ID for Adobe Token.
Are you interested in multiple TC Business ID for Adobe certificates? The TC Business ID for Adobe (Token) certificates are available in the TC ID Store - our solution for the easy management of multiple certificates.
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The solution for centrally signed PDFs
You are already using a system to centrally create PDFs? All you need is the TC Business ID for Adobe (HSM) certificate and an HSM in order to be able to digitally sign or certify your PDF documents centrally but nevertheless individually. Possible uses include applications such as the automatic certification of individualized application forms.
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This offer is not aimed at private users. All prices exclude statutory VAT.
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