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Updates 2013

Draft NIST Interagency Report 7863, Cardholder Authentication for the PIV Digital Signature Key, is available for public comment
December 13, 2013

NIST is pleased to announce that Draft NIST Interagency Report 7863, Cardholder Authentication for the PIV Digital Signature Key, is available for public comment. NISTIR 7863 provides clarification for the requirement in FIPS 201-2 that a PIV cardholder perform an explicit user action prior to each use of the digital signature key stored on the card. 
 
Comment period CLOSED on: January 17, 2014. Questions? Send email to: piv_comments@nist.gov.

Related Topics

Security and Privacy: authentication, digital signatures, Personal Identity Verification

Created December 21, 2016, Updated June 22, 2020