Glossary of Terms

This section is informative.

home agency

The agency responsible for the issuance and management of a PIV identity account. Also known as the issuing agency, with regard to the PIV identity account.

home agency identity management system (IdMS)

The identity management system that stores and manages the PIV identity account, its associated attributes, and PIV credential bindings.

home agency identity provider (IdP)

The officially sanctioned identity provider of the home agency for a PIV identity account.

identity provider (IdP)

The party that verifies the credentials of a subscriber account and issues assertions to an RP based on that account for federation.

organizational affiliation

The list of organizations affiliated with a PIV identity account. This is often the same as the home agency, but can be different in practice.

PIV credential

A PIV Card or derived PIV credential.

PIV federation

A federation process that presents a PIV identity account from a PIV IdP. The subscriber is authenticated at the IdP using PIV credentials.

PIV identity provider (IdP)

An identity provider that accepts PIV credentials as authenticators for PIV identity accounts as part of PIV federation. The IdP trusted by the RP to create assertions for a PIV identity account.

relying party (RP)

The party that accepts an assertion from an IdP to allow the federated login of a PIV identity account.