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Guidelines for Derived Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credentials

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Author(s)

Hildegard Ferraiolo, David A. Cooper, Salvatore Francomacaro, Andrew R. Regenscheid, Jason Mohler, Sarbari Gupta, William E. Burr

Abstract

This recommendation provides technical guidelines for the implementation of standards-based, secure, reliable, interoperable PKI-based identity credentials that are issued by Federal departments and agencies to individuals who possess and prove control over a valid PIV Card. The scope of this document includes requirements for initial issuance and maintenance of these credentials, certificate policies and cryptographic specifications, technical specifications for permitted cryptographic token types and the command interfaces for the removable implementations of such cryptographic tokens.
Citation
Special Publication (NIST SP) - 800-157
Report Number
800-157

Keywords

authentication, credentials, derived PIV credentials, electronic authentication, electronic credentials, mobile devices, personal identity verification, PIV

Citation

Ferraiolo, H. , Cooper, D. , Francomacaro, S. , Regenscheid, A. , Mohler, J. , Gupta, S. and Burr, W. (2014), Guidelines for Derived Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credentials, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-157 (Accessed October 31, 2024)

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Created December 19, 2014, Updated November 10, 2018