Make it easy for users to consistently secure files, both inside and outside the organization.
Adobe® Acrobat® XI gives your users a simple, consistent way to protect documents according to your rules. That means you can maintain control and help safeguard company files, even when they go outside the firewall.
| Features | Benefits |
| Default security settings configuration | Set default document security properties for your organization in Acrobat XI to help ensure consistent PDF conversion and protection. |
| Permissions | Easily add copy and edit restrictions to any PDF file. Fine-tune file permissions to control or limit other activities such as commenting, form filling, or adding pages. |
| Actions | Create Actions to define a set of security tasks that users can easily apply without formal training or special tools. |
| Redaction and sanitization tools | Permanently delete sensitive text and images, and remove hidden information such as metadata, layers, and hidden text. |
| Certificate signatures | Sign documents using signature certificates that you create yourself or that others issue. |
| Author signatures | Protect the authenticity and integrity of a document with author signatures that comply with PAdES standards, and in many cases without having to deploy trusted root certificates. |
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"Acrobat XI does more to simplify and streamline PDF editing and management than anything I've seen in a long time."
Edward Mendelson, October 1, 2012

"Acrobat XI Pro allows much greater editing capability, so that you may not need to go back to those original documents, even for significant edits."
Alan Stafford, October 16, 2012
What our customers are saying |
"The simplicity of creating a secure document using Actions within Acrobat XI demonstrates the value of Acrobat as an enterprise solution for publishing sensitive information outside of a company's firewall."
— Saul Morse, vice president of multichannel integration, Palio
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