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Interfaces for Personal Identity Verification Part 3 – PIV Client Application Programming Interface

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Author(s)

Hildegard Ferraiolo, Ketan Mehta, Salvatore Francomacaro, Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Sarbari Gupta

Abstract

FIPS 201 defines the requirements and characteristics of government-wide interoperable identity credentials for use in applications that provide access to federally controlled facilities and information systems. FIPS 201 supports multiple types of authenticators, including authenticators on smart cards (also known as PIV Cards). The 3-part SP 800-73 contains the technical specifications to interface with PIV Cards to retrieve and use identity credentials. This document — SP 800-73pt3-5, Interfaces for Personal Identity Verification: Part 3 – PIV Client Application Programming Interface — contains technical specifications for the PIV client application programming interface to the PIV Card. [Supersedes SP 800-73-4 (February 2016): https://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=920323]
Citation
Special Publication (NIST SP) - 800-73pt3-5
Report Number
800-73pt3-5
NIST Pub Series
Special Publication (NIST SP)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-73pt3-5
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Keywords

authentication, FIPS 201, identity credential, HSPD-12, logical access control, on-card biometric comparison, Personal Identity Verification (PIV), phishing resistant, physical access control, smart cards, secure messaging
Identity and access management and Federal information processing standards (FIPS)

Citation

Ferraiolo, H. , Mehta, K. , Francomacaro, S. , Chandramouli, R. and Gupta, S. (2024), Interfaces for Personal Identity Verification Part 3 – PIV Client Application Programming Interface, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-73pt3-5, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=957976 (Accessed October 27, 2025)

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Created July 15, 2024, Updated July 19, 2024
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