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NIST Test Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Cards Version 2

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Author(s)

David Cooper

Abstract

In order to facilitate the development of applications and middleware that support the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Card, NIST has developed a set of test PIV Cards and a supporting public key infrastructure (PKI). This set of test cards includes not only examples that are similar to cards issued today but also examples of cards with features that are expected to appear in cards that will be issued in the future. This document provides an overview of the test cards, the infrastructure that has been developed to support their use, and detailed specifications for each test card and for each certificate issued by the test PKI.
Citation
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 8347
Report Number
8347

Keywords

HSPD-12, Personal Identity Verification, PIV, PKI, public key infrastructure.

Citation

Cooper, D. (2021), NIST Test Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Cards Version 2, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.8347, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=931850 (Accessed April 26, 2024)
Created April 2, 2021, Updated November 29, 2022