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

Published

July 30, 2015

Author(s)

Hildegard Ferraiolo, Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Nabil Ghadiali, Jason Mohler, Scott Shorter

Abstract

The purpose of this Special Publication is to provide appropriate and useful guidelines for assessing the reliability of issuers of Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Cards and Derived PIV Credentials. These issuers store personal information and issue credentials based on Office of Management and Budget (OMB) policies and on the standards published in response to Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) and therefore are the primary target of the assessment and authorization under this guideline. The reliability of an issuer is of utmost importance when one organization (e.g., a federal agency) is required to trust the identity credentials of individuals that were created and issued by another federal agency. This trust will only exist if organizations relying on the credentials issued by a given organization have the necessary level of assurance that the reliability of the issuing organization has been established through a formal authorization process. [Supersedes SP 800-79-1 (June 2008): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=152182]

Citation

Special Publication (NIST SP) - 800-79-2

Report Number

800-79-2

NIST Pub Series

Special Publication (NIST SP)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

Supercedes Publication

Guidelines for the Accreditation of Personal Identity Verification Card Issuers

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Keywords

assessment, authorization, controls, derived PIV credentials, issuer, personal identity verification, PIV card

Citation

Ferraiolo, H. , Chandramouli, R. , Ghadiali, N. , Mohler, J. and Shorter, S. (2015), Guidelines for the Authorization of Personal Identity Verification Card Issuers (PCI) and Derived PIV Credential Issuers (DPCI), Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-79-2 (Accessed October 13, 2025)