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PIV Card Application and Middleware Interface Test Guidelines (SP800-73-3 compliance)

Published

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Hildegard Ferraiolo, Ketan L. Mehta

Abstract

[Superseded by SP 800-85A-4 (April 2016): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=920340] The objective of this document is to provide test requirements and test assertions that could be used to validate the compliance/conformance of two PIV components: PIV middleware and PIV card application with the specification in NIST SP 800-73-3, Interfaces for Personal Identity Verification. [Supersedes SP 800-85A-1 (March 2009): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=902200]
Citation
Special Publication (NIST SP) - 800-85A-2
Report Number
800-85A-2

Keywords

PIV, HSPD-12, Smart Cards, Identity Management, Testing, SP 800-73-3, SP 800-73-2

Citation

Chandramouli, R. , Ferraiolo, H. and Mehta, K. (2010), PIV Card Application and Middleware Interface Test Guidelines (SP800-73-3 compliance), Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-85A-2 (Accessed March 28, 2024)
Created July 28, 2010, Updated November 10, 2018