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Matthias Valvekens explains the difference and respective value of digital signatures vs. MAC-based technology for authenticating PDF files.

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Matthias Valvekens, the ISO project leader who led development of ISO 32004, has written a pair of blog posts to explain what ISO 32004 does and does not achieve in leveraging MAC technology for securing encrypted PDF files against tampering.

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This year’s keynote addresses at PDF Days will be delivered by PDF Association CTO Peter Wyatt and Boeing’s Kenny Swope.

Working together at PDF Days Europe 2022

5 reasons your boss should want you to attend PDF Days Europe 2022 in September!

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Whether you are still at the very beginning of the document accessibility journey or already a Digital Accessibility Expert – together we will learn all about the news, the innovations, and best practices around PDF accessibility.

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PSPDFKit, the leading document processing and manipulation foundation for tomorrow’s developers, today reported record bookings for Q2 2022.

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Print shops today are required to work as efficiently as possible, i.e. to automate their processes to a large extent. To achieve that, the use of standards is an important prerequisite. Akash Choudhary from callas software explains.

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