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Membership Associations

Document security for membership associations, member organizations, industry associations & societies

Protect IP

Protect documents from piracy & theft regardless of their location:

Stop unauthorized access
Stop sharing and distribution
Strong US Gov strength encryption, DRM and licensing controls

Restrict Use

Set Expiry

Revoke Access

Watermark

Log Use

Benefits

Secure documents: protect revenue generating & confidential documents

Associations, societies, membership organisations and digital document delivery

Proving digital online copies of documents to members has many advantages, including:

Reducing costs – saving on paper and postage
Time savings with electronic distribution
Reaching new markets
Environmental benefits (less ink and paper)

However, the main disadvantage is that electronic documents can be easily copied, shared and pirated.

Locklizard enables industry associations, societies and membership organisations to protect revenue generating and confidential documents from unauthorized sharing and misuse. We control who can access documents and how they can be used by authorized users.

What member organizations need to consider when distributing documents online

Membership organizations draw their members from many walks of life and backgrounds. There are special interest organizations that may be focused on a specific product such as SAP, or they may be members of standards bodies, whose rationale is to produce better quality and better written standards.

Membership bodies are often defined by their interests – The Law Society for example, acts as a regulator for best professional practice, and as a repository for technical information. The Federation of Small Businesses provides advice and guidance to their members on common problems faced by small business owners. Despite the differences they have many requirements in common:

they must deliver documents of value to their members
the documents must have an intrinsic value
they must be perceived as giving advantage to members over non-members
they must not be readily available other than from the organization
services may have to be tiered for grades of member

Membership levels and secure document distribution

For a marketing and management strategy the organization needs several tiers of documents. That is to set out levels of service delivery and member recognition. So the access to and distribution of documents must be protected to deliver services tightly focused on developing membership benefits.

This means that they need documents for:

the public – to attract new members and to demonstrate available expertise
members only, being where technical skills and information are created and distributed
special interest groups concentrating on niche expertise and recognition
tiers of members (Associates, Members, Fellows)

Special interests can cross over the other organizational boundaries.

Controlling member access and document use

Controlling member access

Traditionally, access to a member area is controlled via a login to a cloud-based system where members enter their login credentials to gain access to the system.

The major weakness with this type of system is that members can share login credentials with others who can then access and download content for free. Usually there is no location restriction in place so users can login from anywhere in the world.

Generally, the only protection provided is the login access, and once logged in, users have full control over the documents made available to them.

Controlling membership access levels

Often membership organizations provide different levels of membership and this may reflect on the type and amount of content users can access.

Traditionally this has been achieved using access controls, but they are far from foolproof and often difficult to manage especially with a large user base.

Once content is downloaded from the system then it is no longer protected.

How Locklizard Document Security helps

Locklizard enables member associations, industry associations and membership societies to protect confidential documents and proprietary information regardless of where it is located. We provide persistent document protection ensuring that content remains protected even when downloaded to a local device.

Our document security software enables associations to deliver documents securely to members and stop them from being shared with non-members. Documents can be locked to both devices and locations and you can revoke access at any stage.

Locklizard document security can be easily integrated with your existing member management software – you just upload protected documents to your system and can automate user access to protected documents using our ecommerce API.

How Locklizard enables member associations to protect their IPR and revenue

Stop unauthorized use
Safeguard PDF Security has a number of DRM controls that protect PDF documents from misuse:
- Stop sharing
- Stop copying and pasting
- Stop printing (if you allow printing then we stop printing to file drivers so users cannot print to PDF format)
- Stop editing
- Stop saving to unprotected file formats.
- Stop Windows print screen and third party screen grabbers
Document Expiry & Revoking Access
Use PDF expiry to provide time limited trials or to ensure only the latest information is ever made available.
- Set PDF files to expire on a fixed date, after a number of days, or a number of views or prints.
- Individual user access to the same PDF document can be set to expire at different times.
- Revoke PDF files at any time regardless of where they are located.
- Revoke user access to a single, multiple or all PDF files.
Revoking user access can be useful if a chargeback is made and you want to ensure that the user can no longer access documents they have not paid for.
Document revocation can be useful when you need to replace a document that contains incorrect information or should no longer be made available.
Lock documents to devices and locations
PDF documents can be locked to a
- country location
- domain
- range of IP addresses
on a user or global basis. E.g. you might want to provide access to different digital products depending on the country location the user is located in.
PDF documents are automatically locked to authorized devices so they cannot be shared. If a user copies a document and keystore to another device then it will fail to open.
Non-removable dynamic watermarks
Dynamic watermarks (user’s name, email, company, date/time, etc.) can be displayed at view/print time.
You only have to protect the PDF once for all users and the correct information is inserted depending on the user who has opened the document.
This discourages photographs or photocopies (if printing is allowed) from being distributed since the user responsible is clearly identified.
Track & Log PDF use
Track & monitor PDF use – see when your members viewed and printed documents, from where and on what devices.
Strong PDF Security
Unlike the simple removal of Adobe PDF password protection Safeguard PDF security cannot be easily bypassed.
With Safeguard:
- PDFs are only ever decrypted in memory
- Keys are securely & transparently relayed and locked to authorized devices
- DRM controls are persistent and cannot be removed
- We stop screen grabbing tools being used to take high-quality screenshots of document content
- We prevent printing to PDF files (an easy way to remove protection)
- We don’t use insecure passwords or plugins
- We use US Gov Strength AES encryption, DRM and licensing controls to enforce access and document use
You protect PDF documents on your local computer (so there is no uploading of unprotected documents to a cloud server where they could be compromized). You then distribute them just like any other file.

Safeguard PDF Security provides strong document security for member associations enabling you to control PDF access and use. Protect your IPR and revenue – stop document piracy, theft, sharing & misuse.

Download Document DRM Software to control member access & document use

Download document protection software that uses US Government strength encryption and digital rights management controls to protect PDF files from unauthorized access and misuse.

Protect documents from being shared, copied, printed, and edited. Stop unauthorized distribution and use.

Protect PDF files on your computer (no uploading of unprotected documents to the cloud), then upload protected documents to your web site, your member management system, or distribute them just like any other file.

See how you can benefit from implementing Locklizard document security to protect your IPR and revenue – prevent IPR theft, protect your revenue streams, save costs and time, and instantly gain access to new markets.

Read our customer testimonials and case studies to see why thousands of organizations use Locklizard Document DRM to securely distribute documents online.

Customer Testimonials

We needed to deliver e-book versions of our handbooks while not compromising on security and digital rights. Safeguard PDF security is easy to use and intuitive.

The implementation was painless and we now have a greener, more secure way of distributing training manuals.
Locklizard’s PDF protection is exactly as described – the features are highly effective and I would give it 5 stars.

I would recommend Locklizard to others - their security is simple to use and fit for purpose. It meets common needs of businesses who have information they want to protect.
We would be happy to recommend Locklizard to any company needing a flexible way to secure PDF files.

Safeguard PDF Security has provided us with a very workable solution for sharing of information in a secure fashion. The support has been excellent and very accommodating.
We can cut accounts for a user five minutes before his class starts and he is ready to go. Happy smiling customer, while we still have security and personalized watermarking.

I have immense respect for the product and Locklizard provide great customer satisfaction and service.
We would recommend Safeguard to other companies for its security, cost and ease of use. It does what we expected it to do and more.

Ease of use is a bonus and the implementation was very easy. The product manual is excellent and Locklizard staff are very accommodating.
We sell a highly valued educational product in an open and competitive market so it was important to ensure we had effective security to protect our digital rights.

We highly recommend Locklizard - a professional company with a competitive and professional PDF Security product.
We would absolutely recommend both Locklizard as a company, and Safeguard PDF Security. It has transformed our study materials to the next level.

Not only did this increase sales, but we also believe that it has increased our customers’ ability to learn, which is even more important!
We would recommend Locklizard Safeguard to other companies that need to protect PDF reports. Customers have found the process of accessing the protected documents to be seamless.

Implementation was easy and technical support has been very responsive to requests for help.
Our company would without reservation recommend Locklizard. Their document DRM software opens up delivery of our new products in a timely fashion while knowing that the content will remain secure.

The return on investment to our company has been immediately evident.
We use Safeguard to make sure that documents cannot be opened outside our local network or from a unauthorized computer in order to copy or print the documents.

It is the most feature rich, affordable, & simple to use PDF security product on the market.
Safeguard PDF Security is simple to administer and meets our needs, consistently delivering secured manuals to our customers with ease.

Return on investment has been elimination of many man hours, printing resources and postage – it is estimated that costs decreased by 50% or more.
We would really recommend Safeguard PDF Security to every publishing company for managing ePubs or e-books securely. It is easy to secure PDF files and simple to distribute them to our authorized customers only.

Locklizard also provides a good customer support experience.
The ROI for us is incalculable. We have the security of knowing that our proprietary documents are secure. This is the entire value of our company.

I would most certainly recommend your PDF security product and already have. The ease of implementation was surprising.
We can now sell our manuals without the need to print them first, saving time, money and helping safeguard the environment.

We would recommend Safeguard PDF DRM – it is the perfect solution to sell and send e-documents securely whilst making sure someone cannot copy them.
We would recommend Locklizard to other companies without hesitation.

Their PDF DRM products provide a manageable, cost effective way to protect intellectual investment and they are always looking for ways to improve them. Moreover, their staff provide an excellent level of support.