Interfaces for Personal Identity Verification [including updates as of 02-08-2016]

Published

February 11, 2016

Author(s)

David Cooper, Hildegard Ferraiolo, Ketan Mehta, Salvatore Francomacaro, Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Jason Mohler

Abstract

[Superseded by SP 800-73pt1-5 (July 2024): https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=957973 SP 800-73pt2-5 (July 2024): https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=957975 SP 800-73pt3-5 (July 2024): https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=957976 FIPS 201 defines the requirements and characteristics of a government-wide interoperable identity credential. FIPS 201 also specifies that this identity credential must be stored on a smart card. This document, SP 800-73, contains the technical specifications to interface with the smart card to retrieve and use the PIV identity credentials. The specifications reflect the design goals of interoperability and PIV Card functions. The goals are addressed by specifying a PIV data model, card edge interface, and application programming interface. Moreover, this document enumerates requirements where the international integrated circuit card standards [ISO7816] include options and branches. The specifications go further by constraining implementers' interpretations of the normative standards. Such restrictions are designed to ease implementation, facilitate interoperability, and ensure performance, in a manner tailored for PIV applications. [Supersedes SP 800-73-4 (May 2015): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=918402]

Citation

Special Publication (NIST SP) - 800-73-4

Report Number

800-73-4

NIST Pub Series

Special Publication (NIST SP)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

Supercedes Publication

Interfaces for Personal Identity Verification

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Keywords

authentication, FIPS 201, identity credential, HSPD-12, logical access control, on-card biometric comparison, Personal Identity Verification (PIV), physical access control, smart cards, secure messaging

Citation

Cooper, D. , Ferraiolo, H. , Mehta, K. , Francomacaro, S. , Chandramouli, R. and Mohler, J. (2016), Interfaces for Personal Identity Verification [including updates as of 02-08-2016], Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-73-4 (Accessed October 10, 2024)