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Guidelines for the Authorization of Personal Identity Verification Card Issuers (PCI) and Derived PIV Credential Issuers (DPCI):

Published

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Dennis Bailey, Nabil Ghadiali, Dennis Branstad
Citation
- NIST SP 800-79-1
Report Number
NIST SP 800-79-1

Citation

Chandramouli, R. , Bailey, D. , Ghadiali, N. and Branstad, D. (2008), Guidelines for the Authorization of Personal Identity Verification Card Issuers (PCI) and Derived PIV Credential Issuers (DPCI):, , National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-79-1 (Accessed October 14, 2025)

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Created June 1, 2008, Updated May 20, 2023
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