Wave Systems Corp. (fka WAVXQ)

[2bStealthy]

OT...In response to HSPD-12, the NIST Computer Security Division has initiated a new project for Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal employees and contractors. A set of Federal Information Processing standards, guidelines, recommendations, and/or technical specifications has been identified as being needed to: properly protect the personal privacy of all subscribers of the PIV system; authenticate identity source documents to obtain the correct legal name of the person applying for a PIV "card"; electronically obtain and store appropriate biometric data (e.g., fingerprints, facial images) from the PIV system subscriber; create a PIV "card" that is "personalized" with data needed by the PIV system to later grant access to the subscriber to Federal facilities and information systems; assure appropriate levels of security for all applicable Federal applications; and provide interoperability among Federal organizations using the standards.

FIPS 201, tentatively entitled Personal Identity Verification Standard, is scheduled for development and promulgation by February 28, 2005, in accordance with the HSPD-12. Supporting guidelines, recommendations, reference implementations, and conformance tests will be developed as needed to support implementers and users of the PIV standard.

A draft project narrative and project briefing slides provide a current overview of the PIV project and the anticipated PIV standard. Additional information will be available on this website as this work progresses.

* November 8, 2004 -- NIST is pleased to announce the first public drafts of Federal Information Processing Standard 201 (FIPS 201), Personal Identity Verification for Federal Employees and Contractors, and Special Publication 800-73 (SP 800-73), Integrated Circuit Card for Personal Identity Verification. These publications are being published in response to Homeland Security Presidential Directive #12 of August 27, 2004. The comment periods for FIPS 201 and SP 800-73 public drafts will be 45 days, ending on December 23rd, 2004. Please direct all comments and questions to [e-mail]. To view/download these two drafts, the README file and comment file.


http://csrc.nist.gov/piv-project/