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personal identity verification (PIV) card

Abbreviation(s) and Synonym(s):

None

Definition(s):

  A physical artifact (e.g., identity card, “smart” card) issued to an individual, which contains a PIV Card application that stores indentity credentials (e.g., photograph, cryptographic keys, digitized fingerprint representation) so that the claimed identity of the cardholder can be verified against stored credentials by another person (human-readable and -verifiable) or an automated process (computer-readable and -verifiable).
Source(s):
NIST SP 1800-12b under personal identity verification (card)

  A physical artifact (e.g., identity card, “smart” card) issued to an individual that contains stored identity credentials (e.g., photograph, cryptographic keys, digitized fingerprint representation) so the claimed identity of the cardholder may be verified against the stored credentials by another person (human readable and verifiable) or an automated process (computer readable and verifiable).
Source(s):
CNSSI 4009-2015 FIPS 201-1, CNSSI No. 1300

  Defined by [FIPS 201] as a physical artifact (e.g., identity card, smart card) issued to federal employees and contractors that contains stored credentials (e.g., photograph, cryptographic keys, digitized fingerprint representation) so that the claimed identity of the cardholder can be verified against the stored credentials by another person (human readable and verifiable) or an automated process (computer readable and verifiable).
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-63-2 under Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Card [Superseded]

  A physical artifact (e.g., identity card, “smart” card) issued to an individual that contains stored identity credentials (e.g., photograph, cryptographic keys, digitized fingerprint representation) so that the claimed identity of the cardholder can be verified against the stored credentials by another person (human readable and verifiable) or an automated process (computer readable and verifiable).
Source(s):
FIPS 201 under Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Card [version unknown]