GeoTrust Teams with Four Point for Digitally Signed PDF

GeoTrust, Inc. (www.geotrust.com), a provider in identity verification solutions for e-business and the world's second largest issuer of SSL (secure sockets layer) certificates for web security, today announced a partnership with Four Point Solutions, a leading Adobe® Systems Solution Partner.

Four Point Solutions will resell and provide system integration services for the certified document service (CDS), jointly developed by GeoTrust and Adobe and announced in October 2004.

The CDS solution allows recipients of certified Adobe PDF files to be assured that the author's identity has been verified and that the document has not been altered.

The partnership enables Four Point Solutions to address a growing market for the GeoTrust/Adobe CDS solution from organizations who want to incorporate a highly-secure and high-volume signing solution into their existing document publishing systems. Four Point Solutions has expertise in building and marketing Adobe publishing solutions dating back to 1994, providing customers with an unparalleled level of expertise in Adobe document publishing system integration.

"Customers are increasingly moving to electronic document distribution to streamline business processes and security is critical to the success of these efforts," said Barrie Ellis, president and CEO of Four Point Solutions.

Businesses, educational institutions and government agencies have been tasked with moving communications online to reduce costs, provide better customer service, increase operational efficiencies and comply with regulatory mandates, such as the U.S. Government's Paperwork Elimination Act.

At the same time, the increase in online fraud has left many customers, partners and organizations skeptical of the legitimacy of online communications.