1 Introduction

The United States government introduced the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) initiative in response to Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12), which called for establishing a single, government-wide standard for identification credentials issued by the United States government. Federal Information Processing Standard 201 (FIPS 201) defines a common identification standard for all federal employees and contractors. It incorporates the technical specification for data capture, details of the algorithms used to secure it, the background checks that must be made to ensure the identity of the individual and also the roles of the individuals within the process.

In 2013, a major revision of the FIPS 201 standard was released – FIPS 201-3. This document includes information about the changes made to MyID to support the revised standard.

This document describes how MyID supports FIPS 201 and describes additional configuration steps required to issue PIV cards that meet this standard. If you require further advice on using MyID to issue PIV cards for FIPS 201, contact Intercede.