Need Help Locking Digital Signature Field

I am working on a form with a number of sections to be completed by various departments. When a section is completed, I have a digital signature set to lock the fields related to that section. The form is sent to the next department and so on… Locking the form fields with the digital signature works just fine. The problem I have it that when viewing the form in Acrobat 8 Pro, the digital signature can be right-clicked on and cleared. This unlocks all the related fields and makes the form free for editing.
Is there a way to lock the digital signature to prevent using the “Clear Signature” function?
Thanks for any help,
Richard

George,
Thanks for the quick reply.  Upgrading to Acrobat 9 may be an option.  If not, is there a way to lock these fields with scripting?  Or applying a password after signing?
Thanks again,
Richard

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