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NIST SP 800-78-3

Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Sizes for Personal Identity Verification

Date Published: December 2010

Supersedes: SP 800-78-2 (02/19/2010)

Author(s)

W. Polk (NIST), Donna Dodson (NIST), William Burr (NIST), Hildegard Ferraiolo (NIST), David Cooper (NIST)

Abstract

Keywords

PIV; FIPS 201; HSPD-12; Cryptography; digital signature; authentication; Personal Identity Verification; PIV
Control Families

Access Control; Identification and Authentication; Physical and Environmental Protection; System and Communications Protection

Documentation

Publication:
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-78-3
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Supplemental Material:
None available

Document History:
12/31/10: SP 800-78-3 (Final)