2.4 Security Architecture
NIST PIV and digital identity SP 800-73-5 against SP 800-73-4
All changes in this version
All changes in this version
Title changed
Before · SP 800-73-4
After · SP 800-73-5
Security Architecture
Control changed
Before · SP 800-73-4
After · SP 800-73-5
The security architecture of an ICC is the means by which the security policies governing access to each data object stored on the card are represented within the card. These security policy representations are applied to all PIV card commands, thereby ensuring that the prescribed data policies for the card applications are enforced.
The following subsections describe the security architecture of the PIV Card Application.