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| FIPS
201 (Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 201)
is a United States federal government standard that specifies
Personal Identity Verification (PIV) requirements for federal
employees and contractors. |
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| In response to HSPD-12, the NIST
Computer Security Division initiated a new program for improving
the identification and authentication of federal employees and
contractors for access to federal facilities and information
systems. FIPS 201 was developed to satisfy the technical requirements
of HSPD 12, approved by the Secretary of Commerce, and issued
on February 25, 2005.
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| FIPS 201 together with NIST SP
800-78 (Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Sizes for PIV) are
required for U.S. Federal Agencies but do not apply to US national
security systems.
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| Source: (www.en.wikipedia.org)
2007 |
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