Support for advanced encryption algorithms such AES -256.
The extension of the PDF document does not change – only PDF Readers and composing applications that are enlightened to enforce the rights are aware of how to open the document.Ability to encrypt just the content payload and not the meta-data associated with the document.Native integration of rights management capabilities within the PDF document.Some of the main features of this PDF IRM v2 specification include: This is technology agnostic the specification provides guidelines for security vendors who wish to encrypt content for rights management and how to correctly encrypt PDF documents. The focus of this blog is the general protection for rights management.
Note: Password Protected encrypted documents cannot be re-encrypted with rights management functions
What is this new PDF encryption standard?
By conforming to the ISO specification, we now support a more robust native integration with PDF documents. Today we’re announcing support for the ISO specification for PDF v1.7 for encryption needs. As Microsoft’s Information Protection ecosystem expands, you’ve given us feedback to expand our support for more standard file types outside of Office document formats for labeling and protection scenarios.