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PUBLICATIONS

Guidelines for the Use of PIV Credentials in Facility Access

Published

Author(s)

Hildegard Ferraiolo, Ketan L. Mehta, Nabil Ghadiali, Jason Mohler, Vincent Johnson, Steven Brady

Abstract

This recommendation provides a technical guideline to use Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Cards in facility access; enabling federal agencies to operate as government-wide interoperable enterprises. These guidelines cover the risk-based strategy to select appropriate PIV authentication mechanisms as expressed within Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 201.
Citation
Special Publication (NIST SP) - 800-116 Rev. 1
Report Number
800-116 Rev. 1
NIST Pub Series
Special Publication (NIST SP)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs
Supercedes Publication
A Recommendation for the Use of PIV Credentials in Physical Access Control Systems (PACS)

Download Paper

https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-116r1

Keywords

credential, e-authentication, identity credential, issuance, personal identity verification (PIV), physical access control system (PACS), PIV authentication mechanisms, PIV cards, public key infrastructure (PKI), validation
Biometrics, Identity and access management, Cryptography, Risk management and Federal information processing standards (FIPS)

Citation

Ferraiolo, H. , Mehta, K. , Ghadiali, N. , Mohler, J. , Johnson, V. and Brady, S. (2018), Guidelines for the Use of PIV Credentials in Facility Access, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-116r1 (Accessed October 10, 2025)

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Created June 29, 2018, Updated March 25, 2019
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