A revised version of the standard for the...
A revised version of the standard for the Personal Identification Verification (PIV) Card that federal employees and contractors use to enter government facilities includes “enhanced support for mobile devices,” the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) said Thursday. The…
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revised PIV Card standard “provides a stronger authentication credential,” NIST said in a news release. The revised PIV standard includes innovations adopted since the original standard was adopted in 2005, including a derived PIV credential option that can be used on mobile devices, an optional on-card fingerprint comparison capability, the use of a person’s iris pattern as an optional biometric, secure messaging through a protected channel between cards and remote credential updating. The original PIV standard required all PIV cards to include an integrated circuit chip that stored electronic credentials and biometric data like fingerprint specifics and a photograph, NIST said (http://1.usa.gov/17HdZx3).