Securing PDFs with Adobe Experience Manager - Forms Server (Document Security)

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For a full list of articles about security, see Overview of security in Acrobat and PDF content.

Adobe Experience Manager - Forms Server (Document Security) is a server-based security system that provides dynamic control over PDFs. Adobe Experience Manager - Forms Server (Document Security) can be configured to run with LDAP, ADS, and other enterprise systems. Policies provided by Adobe Experience Manager - Forms Server (Document Security) are stored on the server and can be refreshed from the server. Users connect to Adobe Experience Manager - Forms Server (Document Security) to work with these policies.

Adobe Experience Manager - Forms Server (Document Security)

Security policies are stored on a server running Adobe Experience Manager - Forms Server (Document Security), but the PDFs are not. In some situations, users are required to connect to the server to open or continue to use PDFs to which a security policy is applied. For information on configuring Adobe Experience Manager - Forms Server (Document Security), click Help on the Adobe Experience Manager - Forms Server (Document Security) website after you log in to your account.

Connect to Adobe Experience Manager - Forms Server (Document Security)

  1. Choose Tools > Protect > More Options > Security Properties

  2. Click Adobe Experience Manager Document Security in Security Method. Click Yes and select a server.

  3. Click the New button  .
  4. Type a name in the Name box and the URL in the Server Name box. Add the port number, and click Connect To This Server.
  5. Type the user name and password for your account, and click OK.

View Adobe LiveCycle Rights Management ES policies

  1. Choose Tools > Protect > More Options > Document Security > Manage Account

    The Adobe Experience Manager Document Security page opens in your web browser.

  2. If prompted, type your user name and password, and click Login.
  3. Click the Policies link on the page.

    For more information on using Adobe Experience Manager - Forms Server (Document Security), click the Help link in the upper right corner.

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