3.1 Secured Output File Types

 As mentioned earlier in Section 1.2, Vitrium Security processes your file and creates 1 or 2 different types of secured formats depending on what type of content you uploaded.

 For video files, the secured output will be a secure web link which you can locate in the Content tab, under the WEB LINK column.

 For documents and images, the secured output will also be a secure WEB LINK but there is also a SECURE PDF option as well. This option is a protected PDF file that can be downloaded and saved to your local computer or network, and either emailed to your users or shared through your own website, an FTP site, a file sharing system, etc. The PDF file remains secure no matter where it goes as the security layers remain with the file at all times and it will always require authentication before anyone can view the content.  

 IMPORTANT NOTE: Vitrium strongly recommends TESTING your secure content before sending the web link or PDF file to your users.  If you signed up for a free trial through the Vitrium website, you will be able to use the same username and password combo as long as you assigned yourself with Permissions to the file and applied a DRM policy.

3.2 Secure Web Link

Click on the WEB LINK  icon beside your newly uploaded file and enter your test user credentials. You can copy and paste this link in an email, post on your website, in a portal, or in any system that you share your content with users. In the Professional and Enterprise Editions, you can customize the URL links to use your own domain address.

3.3 Secure PDF File

Right-click on the SECURE PDF download  icon and save the file to your hard drive or network, then open it with Adobe Reader or Acrobat DC. If you click on the file, it may download automatically to your ‘Downloads’ folder and you can open the file from that location. DO NOT try opening the file in Chrome’s built-in PDF viewer, Mac Preview or other non-Adobe viewers as the file will not open that way. You must use Adobe Reader or Acrobat DC. 

3.3 Additional Steps for Opening Secure PDF File

When opening a protected PDF file in Adobe for the first time or second time, you may encounter a couple of different pop-up messages which require specific action:

1. Security Warning: this is a security message that will appear the first time you or your user unlocks a protected PDF file. It’s asking you to confirm whether you trust the site that is trying to authenticate you. The default site is Vitrium’s server. If you purchase the Enterprise Edition, the site may be your company’s site depending on how you implement Vitrium in your environment.

   ACTION: check the box “Remember this action…”, then click Allow.

   
2. JavaScript Warning: this is a message asking the user to disable Adobe’s global object security policy. By disabling that feature, it will allow the protected PDF file to place a cookie in the user’s Adobe settings so you can count their computer as part of the PDF/browser (device) limit. If tracking device limits is not important to you, there is a way to remove this message in the Content Settings – see Section 5.2 of the Administrator Manual (Set Acrobat cookie policy).

   ACTION for PC users: in Adobe, click Edit > Preferences > JavaScript and uncheck the ‘Enable global object security policy’ field

   ACTION for Mac users: in Adobe, click Adobe Reader > Preferences > JavaScript and uncheck the ‘Enable global object security policy’ field