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NIST Personal Identity Verification Program (NPIVP) Testing
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In response to U.S. Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Computer Security Division initiated a program for improving the identification and authentication of U.S. federal employees and contractors accessing U.S. federal facilities and information systems.
The resulting Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 201 defines the requirements for personal identification verification (PIV) products issued by U.S. Federal departments and agencies.
What atsec offers:
atsec US offers the following NPIVP services through its accredited Cryptographic Security Testing (CST) laboratory (NVLAP Lab Code #200658-0):
- Conformance testing of PIV applets (PIV card applications)
- Conformance testing of PIV middleware
Customers often also require FIPS 140-3 testing, which atsec US provides as well.
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Why our services are important to you:
Compliance with FIPS 201: Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors mandates that heads of executive departments and agencies must have a program in place to ensure that identification products issued by their departments and agencies to federal employees and contractors meet the standard.
NIST has developed a program to ensure that products claiming to meet the standard do so, and compliant products are recorded on the NPIVP validated products list. Having your products tested and then included on the validated products list will facilitate sales of your product in the Federal arena.
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