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1.2 Purpose and scope

NIST PIV and digital identity SP 800-76-1
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FIPS 201 [FIPS], Personal Identity Verification (PIV) for Federal Employees and Contractors, defines procedures for the PIV lifecycle activities including identity proofing, registration, PIV Card issuance, and PIV Card usage. FIPS also defines the structure of an identity credential which includes biometric data. Requirements concerning cryptographic protection of the biometric data are also described in [FIPS] and in [800-78]. This document contains technical specifications for biometric data mandated in [FIPS]. These specifications reflect the design goals of interoperability and performance of the PIV Card. This specification addresses image acquisition to support the background check, fingerprint template creation, retention, and authentication. The goals are addressed by citing biometric standards normatively and by enumerating requirements where the standards include options and branches. In such cases, a biometric profile can be used to declare what content is required and what is optional. This document goes further by constraining implementers' interpretation of the standards. Such restrictions are designed to ease implementation, assure conformity, facilitate interoperability, and ensure performance, in a manner tailored for PIV applications. The biometric data specification in this document is the mandatory format for biometric data carried in the PIV Data Model (Appendix A of SP 800-73-1). Biometric data used only outside the PIV Data Model is not within the scope of this standard. This document does however specify that any biometric data in the PIV Data Model shall be embedded in the Common Biometric Exchange Formats Framework (CBEFF) structure of section 6. This document provides an overview of the strategy that can be used for testing conformance to the standard. It is not meant to be a comprehensive set of test requirements that can be used for certification or demonstration of compliance to the specifications in this document.