Legal & Finance

It is safe to state that most documents in the Legal and Finance industries are distributed as PDF documents. While the PDF format is excellent for sharing documents, it presents several challenges.

The first challenge is that documents must be handled securely to prevent a breach of confidentiality. It is also imperative to prevent nefarious third parties from accessing clients' private information.

Most organizations attempt to handle this problem by using secure email services, password-protected PDF files, and PDF permissions. These solutions, however, only solve part of the problem. Some PDF readers do not obey PDF permissions and can therefore be easily bypassed. Secure emails cannot prevent a sensitive PDF document from being shared or printed once end-users have downloaded them from the server. 

All-About-PDF's DRM platform is the best way to overcome the challenge above. With PDF DRM, you can ensure that your PDF documents are:

  • protected with strong 256-bit encryption

  • can only be accessed by your clients via email and password verification

  • cannot be shared or distributed without your permission by locking documents to devices

  • cannot be copied, edited or screen-grabbed

  • cannot be printed without your permission

  • will expire and become inaccessible after a specific date

  • can be remotely revoked

  • can only be viewed from a particular location or domain

The second problem that Legal and Finance firms face is that of either redacting or finding and replacing text in a large number of documents. This process is tedious, time-consuming, and, if done manually, can be prone to costly human error. 

All-About-PDF's Redact and Find & Replace features can process from a single PDF document to thousands of files in a single go. This task can also be automated using the application's command-line interface. Furthermore, unlike other tools, documents redacted with All-About-PDF cannot be unredacted. It physically replaces every character in the PDF before overlaying it with the redaction box.  

Another powerful tool for those in the Legal and Finance industry is All-About-PDF's ability to replace words and phrases in PDF files with random characters.

With all the above features packaged in a single, easy-to-use, and intuitive application, you can see how All-About-PDF can quickly become indispensable for any organization.