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PUBLICATIONS

PIV Card to Reader Interoperability Guidelines

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Author(s)

James F. Dray Jr., April Giles, Michael Kelley, Ramaswamy Chandramouli

Abstract

The purpose of this document is to present recommendations for Personal Identity Verification (PIV) card readers in the area of performance and communications characteristics to foster interoperability. This document is not intended to re-state or contradict requirements specifically identified in Federal Information Processing Standard 201 (FIPS 201) or its associated documents. It is intended to augment existing standards to enable agencies to achieve the interoperability goal of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12). The document provides requirements that facilitate interoperability between any card and any reader. Specifically, the recommendations are for end-point cards and readers designed to read end-point cards.
Citation
Special Publication (NIST SP) - 800-96
Report Number
800-96
NIST Pub Series
Special Publication (NIST SP)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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Keywords

Personal Identity Verification, PIV Card, PIV Card Reader, HSPD-12, PIV, FIPS 201
Digital evidence, Cybersecurity and privacy and Federal information processing standards (FIPS)

Citation

Dray, J. , Giles, A. , Kelley, M. and Chandramouli, R. (2006), PIV Card to Reader Interoperability Guidelines, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=50877 (Accessed October 12, 2025)

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Created December 29, 2006, Updated February 19, 2017
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