Maintaining and Using Key History on Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Cards

Cooper, David

doi:https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.7676

NISTIR 7676

Maintaining and Using Key History on Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Cards

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Date Published: June 2010

Author(s)

David Cooper (NIST)

Abstract

NIST Special Publication 800-73-3 introduces the ability to store retired Key Management Keys within the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Card Application on a PIV Card. This paper complements SP 800-73-3 by providing some of the rationale for the design of the mechanism for storing retired Key Management Keys on PIV Cards and by providing suggestions to smart card vendors, PIV Card Issuers, and middleware developers on the use of the Key History mechanism.

Keywords

key management; Personal Identity Verification; PIV; smart cards

Control Families

System and Communications Protection

Documentation

Publication:
NISTIR 7676 (DOI)
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Supplemental Material:
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Document History:
06/18/10: NISTIR 7676 (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy
cryptography; Personal Identity Verification; public key infrastructure

Technologies
smart cards

Laws and Regulations
Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12