BFO partners with Security Expert nCipher

London, England, 21 March 2005, - Big Faceless Organization (BFO), a global provider of Java software, today, announces its partnership with cryptographic security leader, nCipher. This partnership enables true compatibility between BFO and nCipher products and will help users to implement advanced document security.

The Big Faceless PDF Library now contains a signature handler using nCipher’s nShield™ as well as the ability to time-stamp documents with nCipher’s Document Sealing Engine (DSE200). Alongside the PDF Library’s existing encryption/decryption features it is now possible to create and digitally stamp PDF documents for access only by authorised users. This enables non-technical users to establish when the document was produced, who produced it and whether the document has been tampered with. Such authentication is essential to highly secured organizations as it eradicates suspicion of document’s originality, hence time and cost saving. The Big Faceless PDF Library together with nShield™ and DSE200 provide the highest level of cryptographic protection to PDF documents in the Java industry.

"Digital signatures and time stamping validate the integrity of documents." says Mike Bremford, CTO, "There is a growing demand for this facility to determine the authenticity of documents." With clients in worldwide banks, governments, telco and other sectors, such features add to why global customers are choosing BFO components.

About Big Faceless Organization: BFO is a leading global provider of Java based software solutions founded in 1998. They produce a stable of robust Java components for the international B2B market. Such components include Report Generator, Graph and PDF Library. Report Generator comprises both Libraries and converts XML to PDF documents. Using JSP, ASP or similar technology, it is possible to create dynamic PDF reports as quickly and easily as HTML

For more information about BFO visit http://big.faceless.org