Learn about Certified Document Services

Back in 2005, Adobe unveiled the Certified Document Services (CDS) program, which automatically trusts new digital IDs that are chained to (part of the family of) the Adobe Root certificate embedded in Adobe products. CDS, the predecessor to the Adobe Approved Trust List (AATL), has the following certificate authorities offering certificates:

• Entrust
• GlobalSign
  
• DigiCert (formerly Symantec)