--- title: "Alliance Activities : Publications : Government ID : FIPS 201 - Secure Technology Alliance" language: "en-US" canonical_url: "https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-government-id-fips-201/" source_url: "https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-government-id-fips-201/" content_type: "text/markdown" --- [Home](https://www.securetechalliance.org/)Alliance Activities : Publications : Government ID : FIPS 201 # Alliance Activities : Publications : Government ID : FIPS 201 ![](https://www.securetechalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/app-pub-fips-201.jpg) # Publications – Government ID – FIPS 201 - [A Comparison of PIV, PIV-I and CIV Credentials](https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-a-comparison-of-piv-piv-i-and-civ-credentials/) This brief was developed by the Smart Card Alliance Access Control Council to provide an easy-to-use comparison of Personal Identity Verification (PIV), PIV-Interoperable (PIV-I) and Commercial Identity Verification (CIV) credentials. - [The Commercial Identity Verification (CIV) Credential–Leveraging FIPS 201 and the PIV Specifications](https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-the-commercial-identity-verification-civ-credential-leveraging-fips-201-and-the-piv-specifications/) This white paper was developed by the Smart Card Alliance Physical Access Council to provide guidance on how enterprises can take advantage of FIPS 201 and the PIV credential specifications to implement a standards-based commercial identity credentialing program. The white paper defines the Commercial Identity Verification (CIV) credential as a credential that uses the same technology and data model as the PIV-I credential. - [FICAM in Brief: A Smart Card Alliance Summary of the Federal Identity, Credential, and Access Management (FICAM) Roadmap and Implementation Guidance](https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-ficam-in-brief/) The Smart Card Alliance Identity Council and Physical Access Council developed the summary of the Federal Identity, Credential, and Access Management (FICAM) Roadmap and Implementation Guidance to highlight key concepts and to make it more accessible to its target audiences. In developing and publishing the summary, the Smart Card Alliance hopes to expand the audience reading the document and promote its concepts broadly through the identity, credential and access management industry. The summary includes the FICAM segment architecture, as-is and target use cases, and roadmap and initiatives for Federal implementation of the FICAM architecture. - [FIPS 201 and Physical Access Control: An Overview of the Impact of FIPS 201 on Federal Physical Access Control Systems](https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-fips-201-impact/) This Physical Access Council white paper provides a roadmap to the key specifications that agencies need to consider in implementing FIPS 201-compliant physical access control systems and provides an overview of the key open questions where work is still being done on standards definition and implementation guidance. - [FIPS 201 PIV II Card Use with Physical Access Control Systems: Recommendations to Optimize Transaction Time and User Experience](https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-pacs-transaction-time/) The Smart Card Alliance Physical Access Council developed this white paper to discuss factors that impact PIV II card transaction performance in PACS applications and provide recommendations on data encoding, user training and installation that can improve the user experience and reduce PIV II card PACS transaction time. - [GSA Physical Access Control System Guide](https://pacs.idmanagement.gov/) GSA published this guide with contributions from Secure Technology Alliance Access Control Council resources and members.  The guide presents the concepts related to Federal Identity, Credential, and Access Management-compliant PACS. - [How to Plan, Procure and Deploy a PIV-Enabled Physical Access Control System: Six Part Webinar Series recordings](https://www.securetechalliance.org/how-to-plan-procure-and-deploy-a-piv-enabled-physical-access-control-system/) The Secure Technology Alliance Access Control Council held a webinar series on how to plan, procure and implement PIV-enabled physical access control systems (PACS) for government facilities. The six-part series was created for systems engineers, facility managers, physical security personnel, and other government facilities’ stakeholders. - [Part 1: PACS Landscape, Stakeholders and Project Planning](https://www.securetechalliance.org/how-to-plan-procure-and-deploy-a-piv-enabled-physical-access-control-system-part-1/) - [Part 2: Facility Characterization and Risk Management](https://www.securetechalliance.org/how-to-plan-procure-and-deploy-a-piv-enabled-physical-access-control-system-part-2/) - [Part 3: Establishing the Project Scope](https://www.securetechalliance.org/how-to-plan-procure-and-deploy-a-piv-enabled-physical-access-control-system-part-3/) - [Part 4: Developing the Procurement Strategy](https://www.securetechalliance.org/how-to-plan-procure-and-deploy-a-piv-enabled-physical-access-control-system-part-4/) - [Part 5: Implementing the Solution](https://www.securetechalliance.org/how-to-plan-procure-and-deploy-a-piv-enabled-physical-access-control-system-part-5/) - [Part 6:  Use Cases and Lessons Learned](https://www.securetechalliance.org/how-to-plan-procure-and-deploy-a-piv-enabled-physical-access-control-system-part-6/) - [Industry Recommendations for Implementing PIV Credentials with Physical Access Control Systems: A Quick Guide to Implementing Essential NIST SP 800-116 R1 Requirements](https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-industry-recommendations-for-implementing-piv-credentials-with-physical-access-control-systems-a-quick-guide-to-implementing-essential-nist-sp-800-116-r1-requirem/) This guide was developed by the Secure Technology Alliance Access Control Council to identify the essentials for a successful deployment of a physical access control system (PACS) that complies with Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 201 and provide a streamlined, practical, layman’s version of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication (SP) 800-116 R1. - [Personal Identity Verification Interoperability (PIV-I) for Non-Federal Issuers: Trusted Identities for Citizens across States, Counties, Cities and Businesses](https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-piv-i-for-non-federal-issuers/) This white paper was developed by the Smart Card Alliance Physical Access Council and Identity Council to describe the benefits of FIPS 201, PIV standards and PIV-I framework for state and local governments to enable interoperability and trust across different government issuers for a wide variety of identity credentialing programs. The white paper discusses policy, process and technology considerations related to the implementation of state and local government identity credentialing initiatives. The white paper summarizes important aspects of the current state of policy, process and technology and identifies opportunities to support additional work to further improve each through the use of the PIV-I framework and the PIV standard. - [PIV Card/Reader Challenges with Physical Access Control Systems: A Field Troubleshooting Guide](https://www.securetechalliance.org/piv-card-reader-challenges-with-physical-access-control-systems-a-field-troubleshooting-guide/) This guidance document was developed by the Smart Card Alliance Access Control Council and Identity Council to help users diagnose the cause of any PIV card/reader issues with physical access control systems and provide troubleshooting guidance to quickly identify corrective actions. - [PIV-Interoperable Credential Case Studies](https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-piv-interoperable-credential-case-studies/) This white paper was developed by the Smart Card Alliance Identity Council to document the benefits of using PIV-interoperable credentials for enterprises and to provide implementation case studies of enterprises that are issuing or planning to issue PIV-I credentials. - [Supporting the PIV Application in Mobile Devices with the UICC](https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-supporting-the-piv-application-in-mobile-devices-with-the-uicc/) The Smart Card Alliance Identity Council, Mobile and NFC Council and Access Control Council developed this white paper to provide guidance to U.S. Government policy makers and technologists on the key technical, business and policy considerations for supporting the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) application and credentials on mobile devices using the UICC. - [Using FIPS 201 and the PIV Card for the Corporate Enterprise](https://www.securetechalliance.org/publications-piv-corporate-enterprise/) The Smart Card Alliance Identity Council and Physical Access Council developed this white paper to provide an overview of FIPS 201 for corporate enterprise executives and to describe the benefits of using FIPS 201 as the foundation for enterprise identity management programs. ### Nothing related. 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