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1.3 Audience, assumptions, and overview

NIST PIV and digital identity SP 800-76-2 against SP 800-76-1
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Before · SP 800-76-1

Audience, assumptions, and overview

After · SP 800-76-2

Audience, assumptions, and overview

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Before · SP 800-76-1

This document is targeted at Federal agencies and implementers of PIV systems. Readers are assumed to have a working knowledge of biometric standards and applications. This document defines, in section 3, the fingerprint acquisition process, the format of the PIV Card minutiae templates, and a format for agency-optional image retention. In section 4 it puts requirements on fingerprint mediated verification implementations, and specifies, in section 5, a facial image acquisition and retention format. Section 6 defines the generic header for all PIV biometric data. Sections 7 and 8 cover, respectively, certification and conformance tests. Finally section 9 is a list of references.

After · SP 800-76-2

This document is targeted at Federal agencies and implementers of PIV systems. Readers are assumed to have a working knowledge of biometric standards and applications. This document defines, in section 3, the fingerprint acquisition process, the format of the PIV Card minutiae templates, and a format for agency-optional image retention. In section 4 it puts requirements on fingerprint mediated verification implementations, and specifies, in section 5, a facial image acquisition and retention format. Section 6 defines the generic header for all PIV biometric data. Sections 7 and 8 cover, respectively, certification and conformance tests. Finally section 9 is a list of references.