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NIST SP 800-63-2

Electronic Authentication Guideline

Date Published: August 2013

Supersedes: SP 800-63-1 (12/12/2011)

Planning Note (06/22/2017):

SP 800-63-2 is superseded by the SP 800-63 suite, as follows: 


Author(s)

William Burr (NIST), Donna Dodson (NIST), Elaine Newton (NIST), Ray Perlner (NIST), W. Polk (NIST), Sarbari Gupta (Electrosoft Services), Emad Nabbus (Electrosoft Services)

Abstract

Keywords

authentication; authentication assurance; credential service provider; electronic authentication; electronic credentials; identity proofing; passwords; PKI; tokens
Control Families

Identification and Authentication

Documentation

Publication:
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-63-2
Download URL

Supplemental Material:
None available

Document History:
08/29/13: SP 800-63-2 (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy

authentication, cryptography, public key infrastructure