In May 2021, a group of researchers at the Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) published an IEEE symposium paper on problems with certification signatures in PDF. The authors’ findings are summarized on the PDF Insecurity website. Since iText’s products are often used as part of digital signing workflows (including to create certification signatures), we felt compelled to comment. In this blog post, we’ll take you through some background on these new attacks, and explain what you can do about them.
With the level of digitalization in document workflows taking a steep rise over the last year, an increasing number of companies are seeking a performant and automated solution for optimizing PDFs in high volumes. In this blog we are going to take a look at this challenge and provide a programmatical solution in Java and C# (.NET), and more importantly how it can save you time and resources.
When a crisis hits, new processes rapidly come into effect to improve or handle the challenging situation. And anyone who talks or thinks about processes will most likely need to consider the scale of documents, certificates, control and permissions which will be needed.
The European Commission is creating Digital COVID Certificates (also known as Digital Green Certificates) to facilitate safe free movement inside the EU during the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital COVID Certificates will be valid in all EU Member States.
iText Software releases MuleSoft Certified Connector for iText DITO, simplifying connectivity to the iText DITO API, enabling developers to generate PDFs, faster
iText Software Receives ISO/IEC 27001:2017 certification for its Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) covering its products and treatment of customer’s confidential information within support.
Today iText Software, a global leader in innovative award-winning PDF solutions, announced the launch of a new product for their iText 7 PDF library: pdfOptimizer. This compression tool makes smart compression choices that save users memory space and increase speed.
In this Q&A style interview, we sat down with our CEO, Gary Fry, to find out; how it's going, where it's headed and what makes iText a best in breed, top open source solution provider.
The recent example of Israel's Green Pass is a reminder how important digital signatures are for secure PDF documents. Will the EU learn lessons from it when considering similar approaches for COVID-19 vaccine passports?
The pharmaceutical industry has made great strides in developing COVID-19 vaccines, yet the complex logistics of manufacturing and distribution prove challenging.
iText, a global PDF technology company, was recently named a top ten open-source solution provider for 2020 by enterprise solutions magazine, CIOReview.
Currently, heated negotiations are taking place with the European parliament in Brussels in a final effort to come to an agreement on Brexit. But don’t be mistaken. Deal or no deal, physical and digital borders will appear in places they weren’t before, which means paperwork. A lot more paperwork.
Singapore's National Digital identity (NDI) project provides users with the new “Sign with SingPass” feature to electronically sign PDF contracts, agreements and other legal documentation in high volume. This new feature is developed by the Government Technology Agency (GovTech).
iText is named as one of the 8 technology partners recommended by GovTech (Singapore) for their NDI initiative: iText Software, DocuSign, Netrust, Adobe, OneSpan, Dedoco, Tessaract.io and Kofax
Google Chrome now supports saving tagged PDFs, plus PDF form filling in the browser.
Released on 25th August, version 85 of the Chrome web browser included a couple of significant updates to its PDF output capabilities. Let’s take a quick look at the new features.
We are pleased to announce the release of iText DITO 1.5. The latest release of iText's high-convenience PDF document generator includes a number of new features and changes for template editing and PDF generation. Read on to learn more.