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Digitally sign your documents with SingPass and iText, a digital signing partner of Singapore's National Digital Identity Project

Tue - 12/01/2020

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). 

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iText Software is a Digital Signing Partner of Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GOVTECH)’s National Digital Identity (NDI) Program

Tue - 12/01/2020

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

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Chrome-plated PDFs: Exploring Google Chrome’s new PDF capabilities

Wed - 11/11/2020

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.

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iText DITO 1.5 is here!

Mon - 11/09/2020

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.

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Investigating PDF Shadow Attacks: In-Depth PDF Security using iText (Part 3)

Tue - 11/03/2020

In the third and final part in our series of articles looking at the PDF Shadow Attacks, we explore using iText 7 to inspect documents which may be used to perform attacks using the "Replace" and "Hide and Replace" methods.

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iText Suite 7.1.13 released

Mon - 10/26/2020

In our final release for 2020, we’ve a number of new features and improvements, including improved Core word wrapping for special scripts, full support for CSS background properties in pdfHTML, and much more!

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From fairytales to reality: with OCR and PDF, going paperless becomes a breeze

Tue - 10/20/2020

How government departments and private businesses alike can benefit from using optical character recognition (OCR) to unlock and digitally transform their data.

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System Integrator Series Conclusion: national digital identity program business opportunities

Thu - 10/15/2020

Debunking the common misconception where national digital identity programs are only about digital signing documents.

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Investigating PDF Shadow Attacks: In-Depth PDF Security using iText (Part 2)

Tue - 10/13/2020

Continuing our series of articles looking at PDF Shadow Attacks. While iText is immune to the published attacks, we present this series explaining what the attacks are, and what you can do about them. In this article, we'll explore the concept of incremental updates, and present some proof-of-concept code for detecting PDF Shadow Attack preparation with iText.

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6 key reasons why iText helps you cope with increased demand for digital document workflows

Fri - 10/09/2020

6 short and to the point PDF facts for decision-makers looking for help with digital document workflows.

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Top three ways to improve your PDF Document Security

Thu - 10/08/2020

Are your PDF documents secure, and what should you do to ensure the data they contain is secure? Keeping that data secure is not only a best practice, but is often required by data privacy laws. In this blog and accompanying webinar: "PDF Security: Encryption and Digital Signatures", we offer you the top three ways to improve your PDF document security.

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System Integrator Series reason 5/5: Digital signing features in national digital identity programs affect document workflows

Wed - 10/07/2020

National Digital Identity Programs are an eco-system where digital signing and security of PDFs will be extremely important.

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System Integrator Series reason 4/5: Proactive vs reactive behavior with national digital identity program integrations

Wed - 09/30/2020

The time and money saved by having fully digital document workflows increases the benefits of these integrations.

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Investigating PDF Shadow Attacks: What are Shadow Attacks? (Part 1)

Thu - 09/24/2020

The PDF Shadow Attacks are a new class of security vulnerabilities for PDF. In case you need a tldr; then rest assured that iText is immune to the published attacks. However, we also found that iText 7 could be utilized to detect potentially malicious documents, resulting in this series of posts. In this first article, we'll take a look at the concept of PDF Shadow Attacks, and the three forms in which they may take.

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A System Integrator Interview with Michel Luypaert, IT Program Manager at DXC Technology

Tue - 09/22/2020

What do system integrators look for in a partnership?

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System Integrator Series Reason 3/5: Strict screening and lengthy application procedures for national digital identity program integrations.

Tue - 09/22/2020

Train and educate beforehand on the involved National Digital Identity program

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System Integrator Series reason 2/5: High adoption rates for national digital identity Programs cause high demand for digital document workflow integrations.

Mon - 09/14/2020

The trustworthiness and user convenience are the key reasons why quick and high adoption rates are easy to understand.

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System Integrator Series: Reason 1/5: Enormous new market potential for both SIs and Customers due to national digital identity programs

Tue - 09/08/2020

An enormous user convenience for any customer. Generating more incoming business at a higher rate.

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