If you often apply the same security settings to multiple PDFs, you can save your settings as a policy that you can reuse. Security policies include the type of security encryption, the permission settings, and information about who can open the PDFs or change security settings. There are two kinds of security policies:

• A user policy is developed and applied by an individual user. If you apply the same security settings to various documents, you can save time by creating a user policy and then reapplying the user policy to documents without having to specify the security settings each time. User policies for passwords and public key certificates are stored on your local computer. If you have access to Adobe LiveCycle Policy Server, you can create a user policy that’s stored on a policy server and is available only to you.

• An organizational policy is created by an Adobe LiveCycle Policy Server administrator and is stored on a policy server to be shared by a group of users. Adobe LiveCycle Policy Server controls access to PDFs and auditing events as defined by the security policy. You can use Adobe LiveCycle Policy Server if your company has licensed the software and made it available to you.