Burglars are not choosers and steal every thing they see
By: Alice
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During a recent burglary at you office several computers and other precious items had been stolen. You are not worried about these stuff since they are covered by insurance and your insurance agent has assured that he will take care of them all. The vital documents stored in your PC pose no problems since they are all in pdf format and are protected by tough passwords and you have a backup copy of the same.
The 128-bit encryption ensures that it will be virtually impossible for the burglar to open the pdf files. You had invited a friend of yours for dinner and while discussing various matters with him, you had mentioned about the burglary and how you had been smart enough to protect your pdf files with 16 character alphanumerical passwords.
What your software savvy friend disclosed left your jaws drooping. He asked you for a copy of the purportedly secure and using special software disabled the password in less than 5 minutes. He is a hardware specialist and does now know much about software and if he can bypass the password in five minutes, what will the hacker, a master in software, be able to do?
There are many programs available on the net, which permits one to bypass the password protection routine in protected pdf files. Pdf files are extremely vital for an organization and are used to distribute files containing graphics and text to office personnel. Being small in size this is the ideal medium of distributing electronic files to the office staff and other people. Is there any other way that one can distribute electronic files via pdf files and still be assured that they will be viewed only by them whom it is meant for?
There are several programs available that can solve this problem. The toughest nuts to crack are the ones that use DRM technology. This program uses secret keys that permit the author of the file to encode the file when it is being created. One can specify who can see the file that has been encoded, and who is permitted not only to see the file but also alter its contents too.
Another option is this encoding software permits the author to set a specific date after which the pdf file self-destructs itself. The most important aspect of using this program to encrypt the electronic file is that there are no passwords involved. This program uses sets of cryptic keys and the end user does not even need to have any knowledge about cryptology.
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Have you given a though about ensuring regulatory compliance in your organization? Document retention time can be reduced with copy protection software.
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