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PIV Credential

Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-003142

1. A credential that authoritatively binds an identity (and, optionally, additional attributes) to the authenticated cardholder that is issued, managed, and used in accordance with the PIV standards. These credentials include public key certificates stored on a PIV Card as well as other authenticators bound to a PIV identity account as derived PIV credentials.

2. Evidence attesting to one’s right to credit or authority; in [FIPS 201-2]. It is the PIV Card or Derived PIV Credential token and data elements associated with an individual that authoritatively binds an identity (and, optionally, additional attributes) to that individual.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CYB-003142
FieldCybersecurity
ReferencesFIPS 201-3; NIST SP 800-79-2; NIST CSRC Glossary
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-003142",
  "term": "PIV Credential",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. A credential that authoritatively binds an identity (and, optionally, additional attributes) to the authenticated cardholder that is issued, managed, and used in accordance with the PIV standards. These credentials include public key certificates stored on a PIV Card as well as other authenticators bound to a PIV identity account as derived PIV credentials.\n\n2. Evidence attesting to one’s right to credit or authority; in [FIPS 201-2]. It is the PIV Card or Derived PIV Credential token and data elements associated with an individual that authoritatively binds an identity (and, optionally, additional attributes) to that individual.",
  "references": [
    "FIPS 201-3",
    "NIST SP 800-79-2",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/piv-credential/"
}

Record 3,142 of 4,693 in Cybersecurity terminology (MLC-0102). Request the full dataset.