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

Published

April 13, 2016

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)

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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

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 9, 2025)