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NIST SP 800-63

Electronic Authentication Guideline

Date Published: April 2006 (update)

Supersedes: SP 800-63 (09/27/2004)

Author(s)

William Burr (NIST), Donna Dodson (NIST), W. Polk (NIST)

Abstract

Keywords

authentication; authentication assurance; credentials service provider; cryptography; electronic authentication; electronic credentials; electronic transactions; electronic government; identity proofing; passwords; PKI; Public Key Infrastructure; tokens
Control Families

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Documentation

Publication:
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-63v1.0.2
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Supplemental Material:
None available

Document History:
04/30/06: SP 800-63 (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy

authentication