PIV / FIPS 201

In response to US Presidential Directive HSPD 12 Athena has designed, built and certified a NIST FIPS 140-2 compliant smart card platform and FIPS 201 (PIV) application for use as a US Federal Employee and Contractor identification card.



PIV (FIPS 201) Application


Athena’s PIV solution is built and certified to Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 201 SP 800-73-2 and SP80-73-3 implementing PIV optional data objects; Card Holder Facial Image, Card Holder Printed Information, X.509 Certificate for Digital Signature, X.509 Certificate for PIV Key Management, X.509 Certificate for Card Authentication, Discovery Object and optional SP 800-73-2 objects Discovery Object and Verification with Global PIN.

Specifications Support

Athena PIV solutions comply with characteristics as described in:

  • ISO/IEC 7810 - Identification cards -- Physical characteristics
  • ISO/IEC 7816 - Identification cards -- Integrated circuit cards
  • ISO/IEC 10373 - Identification cards -- Test methods
  • ISO/IEC 14443— Identification cards -- Contactless integrated circuit cards
  • GlobalPlatform™ 2.1.1
  • Java Card™ 2.2.2

Athena IDProtect Client compatible

Athena PIV solutions can be delivered with the Athena Windows Logon / PKI middleware, IDProtect Client,  to provide out of the box integration with existing systems. IDProtect Client is available for Windows, LINUX and Mac.


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IDProtect Duo PIV


Datasheet
FIPS 201 (cert 380)
FIPS 140-2
PIV applet (cert 20)

FIPS 201 and 140-2 certified dual interface Java Card platform with PIV application.

Highlights:

  • ISO 7810
  • ISO 7816
  • ISO 10373
  • ISO 14443—Type B
  • GlobalPlatform 2.1.1
  • Java Card 2.2.2
  • FIPS 140-2
  • FIPS 201
  • PIV applet
  • DES & TDES
  • ECC (EC_FP)
  • AES
  • RSA
  • SHA-1 and SHA-256