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PUBLICATIONS

PIV Card Application and Middleware Interface Test Guidelines (SP 800-73-4 compliance)

Published

Author(s)

David Cooper, Hildegard Ferraiolo, Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Jason Mohler

Abstract

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-73 contains the technical specifications to interface with the smart card to retrieve and use the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) identity credentials. This document, SP 800-85A, contains the test assertions and test procedures for testing smart card middleware as well as the card application. The tests reflect the design goals of interoperability and PIV Card functions. [Supersedes SP 800-85A-2 (July 2010): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=906167]
Citation
Special Publication (NIST SP) - 800-85A-4
Report Number
800-85A-4
NIST Pub Series
Special Publication (NIST SP)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs
Supercedes Publication
PIV Card Application and Middleware Interface Test Guidelines (SP800-73-3 compliance)

Download Paper

https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-85A-4
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Keywords

application programming interface (API), authentication, card command interface, derived test requirements (DTR), FIPS 201, identity credential, middleware, Personal Identity Verification (PIV), smart cards, test assertions
Federal information processing standards (FIPS), Cybersecurity and privacy, Conformance testing and Biometrics

Citation

Cooper, D. , Ferraiolo, H. , Chandramouli, R. and Mohler, J. (2016), PIV Card Application and Middleware Interface Test Guidelines (SP 800-73-4 compliance), Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-85A-4, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=920340 (Accessed October 14, 2025)

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Created April 12, 2016, Updated October 14, 2021
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