Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Sizes for Personal Identity Verification

Published

April 25, 2005

Author(s)

William T. Polk, Donna F. Dodson, William E. Burr

Abstract

[Superseded by SP 800-78-1 (August 2007): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=51215] The Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 12 mandated the creation of new standards for interoperable identity credentials for physical and logical access to Federal government locations and systems. Federal Information Processing Standard 201 (FIPS 201), Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors, was developed to establish standards for identity credentials. This document, Special Publication 800-78 (SP 800-78), specifies the cryptographic algorithms and key sizes for PIV systems and is a companion document to FIPS 201.

Citation

Special Publication (NIST SP) - 800-78

Report Number

800-78

NIST Pub Series

Special Publication (NIST SP)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

Superceded By Publication

Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Sizes for Personal Identity Verification

Keywords

conformance test, Personal Identity Verification, FIPS 201, cryptographic algorithms, key sizes, PKI

Citation

Polk, W. , Dodson, D. and Burr, W. (2005), Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Sizes for Personal Identity Verification, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (Accessed April 24, 2024)