Automated conversion of
unsecured eMail attachments to secure PDF files
Prevent unsecured attachments being emailed to external recipients
Encrypt or digitally certify* PDF attachments to external recipients
Enforce email policy compliance to external recipients
centralised PDF conversion server
Sending unsecured attachments such as word documents, power points and excel spreadsheets to
external recipients risks information being edited, copied or altered by the recipients; creates
unnecessarily large file sizes; exposes confidential metadata and file revision data and is a major cause
in the spread of viruses and undesirable scripting code.
The PDFAttach Plug-in seamlessly integrates into MS Outlook®, filters all email with attachments sent
to external recipients and prompts, or forces, the sender to convert them to a secure PDF file format
before they are dispatched through your Exchange® SMTP bridgehead server.
When an unsecured attachment is detected the user is offered a simple selection of PDF conversion
options to both convert the attachments to PDF format and to add additional security such as
encryption; prevention of copying or altering the PDF content; and / or require a password to open them
PDFAttach offers a scalable solution to securing outgoing external email attachments with the following
file security options:
Encrypt and require a password to open the PDF file(s)-
Prevent changes to the PDF file(s)
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Prevent printing of the PDF file(s)
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Prevent copying of content from the PDF file(s)
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Encrypt* PDF and apply a digital certificate to guarantee authenticity of content
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Digital Certification available with PDFAttachPlus
benefits:
- Ensures all staff consider email attachment security, and can easily and quickly apply it.
- Assurance that all your organizations confidential and customer information is protected
- Ability to enforce PDF creation on content leaving your organization
- Intuitive Outlook® 'Popup' intercepts all eMail to external recipients with unsecured attachments
- Configure PDFAttach Outlook® eMail Plug-in to detect over 280 different file types
- Automatically convert and secure Word®, Excel®, Visio®, PowerPoint® and other file formats to PDF
- Server side conversion eliminates need to install and maintain PDF conversion at users desktops
- Reduce mailing attachment file sizes and email bandwidth
- Traps and converts email attachments whether originally composed on or off line
- PDFAttach generates a detailed Audit Trail of all external email sent with attachments and if the users selected to convert them or not
- Compatible with MS Exchange® and Outlook® 2003/7 email systems
- Compatible with in-house and 3rd party email virus scanners and archiving solutions
- Optional dedicated conversion server and full policy compliance servers
outlook plug-in:
The PDFAttach
Outlook® Plug-in
automatically detects
attachments being
sent to external
recipients and
prompts the user to
convert all or their
selection of the
attachments to PDF
files. Options are
provided to allow the
user to also apply
content editing,
printing or copying
restrictions, as well
as password
protecting the
converted PDF files.
The conversion process is then run centrally to eliminate the users’ PCs from the conversion process
overhead, optimise conversion speed and minimise deployment and licensing costs.
solution architecture
The PDFAttach Outlook Plug-in automatically detects attachments being sent to external recipients and
prompts the user to convert all, or their selection, of the attachments to PDF files.
Options are provided
to allow the user to also apply content editing, printing or copying restrictions, as well as password
protecting the converted PDF files.
The PDF conversion process is then run centrally to eliminate the users’ PCs from the conversion
process overhead, optimise conversion speed and minimise deployment and licensing costs.
Deployment of the PDFAttach gateway service on your Bridgehead Exchange® server(s) minimises
deployment time and maintenance. As PDFAttach only converts attachments to PDF where sent to
external recipients, your internal staff still continue to receive the original, editable, versions of the files -
even where an email is sent to both internal and external recipients.
The PDF conversion services can be run either on your existing Exchange® Bridgehead server for low
volume installations, or the PDF conversion service can be installed on a dedicated server to
accommodate higher traffic and or conversion volumes.
Whether you have 50 or 50,000 users
PDFAttach can be configured to efficiently meet your needs.
PDFAttach can be configured to detect over 280 different types of unsecured attachments, and to either
prompt, or force, the user to convert these to PDF files before emailing them to external recipients.
compatibility:
PDFAttach secured PDF files are compatible with :
- Adobe Acrobat® V5/6/7/8/9
- Adobe Free Reader® V5/6/7/8/9
- NitroPDF® & NitroPDF® Professional
- XpdfViewer
optional additional PDFAttach security components
- PDFAttachPlus digital certificate authentication and encryption of PDFs
- Lock Lizard PDF security policy manger
- Adobe Policy Server
system requirements:
Client PCs :
Win2000 / XP / VISTA OS
Microsoft Outlook 2003/07
Microsoft .NET Framework 2
Exchange server :
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003/07
Microsoft .NET Framework 2
PDF conversion server :
Windows 2000/03 server OS
Microsoft Office 2003/2007
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