PIV / FIPS 201

Personal Identity Verification (PIV) — the federal standard for identity credentials, defined in FIPS 201 by NIST. PIV credentials are smart cards combining PKI certificate-based authentication, biometric verification, and physical access credentials in a single token. PIV-I (PIV-Interoperable) is the related standard for non-federal organizations that want PIV-grade trust.

For PACS deployments serving federal customers or federal contractors: - The credential carries a [[fasc-n]] identifier inside a [[chuid]] structure - Readers must support ISO 14443 / NFC contactless plus contact smart-card modes - Cardholder enrollment must capture biometric (fingerprint) templates - Lifecycle events trigger CRL / OCSP revocation publication

AE Guardian's role in PIV-bearing environments is provisioning the cardholder + badge metadata into the PACS in a way that respects the PIV identifier structure; AE doesn't itself act as a PIV issuer (the federal agency or PIV-I issuer does).