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FIPS 201

Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors

Date Published: February 25, 2005

Author(s)

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Abstract

Keywords

architecture; authentication; authorization; biometrics; credential; cryptography; Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS); HSPD 12; identification; identity; infrastructure; model; Personal Identity Verification; PIV; validation; verification
Control Families

None selected

Documentation

Publication:
FIPS 201 (pdf)

Supplemental Material:
None available

Document History:
02/25/05: FIPS 201 (Final)