Integrated Solution Partners

Bluebeam, Inc. makes smart, simple desktop, mobile and cloud solutions for paperless workflows that leverage the PDF format. Bluebeam’s award-winning PDF creation, markup, editing and collaboration solutions are used by the world’s top architecture, engineering and construction firms, as well as oil and gas companies, manufacturers, government agencies and municipalities. There is also a strong following among tablet PC users, students and educators, accountants and even lawyers.

Bluebeam Revu, combined with the use of digital certificates issued by IdenTrust, can:

• Replace wet signatures with non-repudiable, digital signatures bound to an individual’s identity and company affiliation
• Eliminate paper by utilizing auditable digital-signatures applied to electronic documents
• Streamline processes and compress timelines by utilizing online distribution and document routing

The multi-threaded process of signing, sealing and submitting plans to a State Department of Transportation can be time consuming, paper intensive, resource draining and error prone. To minimize these headaches and achieve business efficiencies, many professional engineering firms incorporate the use of IdenTrust digital certificates with Bluebeam Revu.

Learn more about digital signing and sealing using IdenTrust certificates. 

Digital signing of PDF documents within Bluebeam Revu is one of the most common uses for an IdenTrust digital certificate. Each digital signature placed on a document is independently validated to approve the document in its current state. If changes are made to the document after the digital signature is placed, the status of previous signatures change accordingly.  

Using IdenTrust as the Certification Authority makes it easy to verify your identity to other parties, bypassing the need for pre-established mutual trust. Just as a driver’s license or passport identifies you in a face-to-face transaction, an IdenTrust digital certificate identifies you in an online transaction.

IGC Medium Assurance Affiliated Certificates allow individuals to authenticate themselves as an employee of a valid business in government transactions to digitally sign PDFs and other types of documents, encrypt and sign emails, and gain access to restricted government web sites. IGC Medium Assurance Affiliated certificates are available with either software or hardware storage options.  Use of an IGC digital certificate within Bluebeam Revu ensures authenticity and accountability of transactions done within the software.

Learn more about IGC digital certificates.

An important distinction between a digital signature and an electronic signature is that the latter is not validated for authenticity to the signer’s identity. An electronic signature is simply an electronic representation of an anonymous autograph or an online action to indicate approval; a digital signature contains a unique digital ID, linked to the signer’s identity, which verifies its authenticity.

Learn more about electronic versus digital signing.

If you currently use Bluebeam and want to learn more about using IdenTrust IGC certificates for digital signing and sealing contact our State and Local Agency Sales team at [email protected] or call 888-339-8904.

Use Notarize to have your documents remotely notarized.

Notarize is a software service that allows clients to complete the notarization process remotely and entirely online, without having to visit a notary public in person. While any document can be signed, certain documents must be verifiably accepted and signed before an official Notary Public, with over 1 billion documents notarized in the U.S. annually.

Notarize offers unparalleled convenience and security for consumers and businesses looking to have a document notarized at any time, from any location using a secure and efficient process. The service is offered to customers via an iOS application built for Apple devices as well as a desktop application for Windows or Mac computers. The service functions like a traditional notary public, but takes place entirely online.

Notarize verifies a client’s identity using an online process known as knowledge-based authentication. Once verified, Notarize takes an additional step to authenticate the client’s government issued photo ID. With Notarize, IDs are authenticated in seconds using computer imaging technology and a software-based forensic analysis. Once the client’s ID has been validated and the document is uploaded to the service, clients are then connected with a commissioned Virginia Electronic Notary Public agent via live video call. The notary public performs a final visual confirmation of the individual’s identity and then witnesses as the client signs the document. Similar to how a standard notary public operates, the Notarize agent signs, stamps and completes the electronic notarization process using digital tools. Once complete, the client may print and deliver the notarized document or send it electronically. In accordance with the Virginia statutes governing electronic notarization, all video calls are recorded so that the institution receiving the documents may verify the electronic notarization.

The Notarize remote electronic notary public service is valid in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. In 2011, the Commonwealth of Virginia passed Senate Bill 827 and House Bill 2318, allowing appropriately certified Virginia notaries to complete remote notarization via live video call. Furthermore, a document remotely notarized in Virginia is valid across state lines due to the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution in addition to state laws that specifically address and accept out-of-state notarizations.       

NotaryCam has been offering eNotary software and services since 2012, shortly after the Commonwealth of Virginia's remote online notary law went into effect. Since then we've facilitated over 125,000 online notarizations for people in every state and over 70 countries.

We recommend notaries acquire their digital certificate from IdenTrust. This digital certificate will be added to your NotaryCam account and used by you to sign and seal documents you eNotarize. This will tamper-seal the document, so any recipient can tell if it's been modified, and confirm the identity of the notary.