FIPS 201 Product and Service Categories

The following categories have been been established by the GSA to better organize different types of products and services that appear on the FIPS 201 approval list. Click a category name to view offerings for that category.

Biometric Elements

• Facial Image Capturing (Middleware): 4 offerings
  
  Software to capture facial images and store into the PIV card.
• Facial Image Capturing Station (Physical): 25 offerings
  
  Equipment to capture facial images for identity proofing and registration.
• Fingerprint Capture Station: 33 offerings
  
  Equipment required to capture a full set of fingerprints used to perform law enforcement checks as part of the identity proofing and registration process.
• Single Fingerprint Capture Device: 17 offerings
  
  A device that reads data on a PIV Card enabling FIPS 201 Biometric Unattended and Biometric Attended use cases.
• Template Generator: 11 offerings
  
  A system that generates a template from an image in accordance with 800-76.
• Template Matcher: 11 offerings
  
  A system that generates matches a live template with a stored template in accordance with 800-76.

Cards and Readers

• CHUID Card Reader (Contact): 8 offerings
  
  A device that reads data on a PIV Card enabling FIPS 201 CHUID use case.
• CHUID Card Reader (Contactless): 5 offerings
  
  A device that reads data on a PIV Card contactless interface enabling FIPS 201 CHUID use case.
• PIV Card: 4 offerings
  
  A token that contains credentials used to authenticate individuals requiring access to federal facilities.
• Transparent Card Reader: 123 offerings
  
  A device that reads data on a PIV Card.

Cryptographic Elements

• Cryptographic Module: 27 offerings
  
  A device that performs cryptographic operations.

Other Products

• Electromagnetically Opaque Sleeve: 36 offerings
  
  To protect against any unauthorized contact less access to information stored on a PIV credential.
• OCSP Responder: 6 offerings
  
  The Online Certificate Status Protocol Responder responder provides PIV Card and key status information across departments, agencies, and other organizations, to support high-assurance interagency PIV Card interoperation.
• PIV Middleware: 9 offerings
  
  Software that implements PIV Client API.

Printers & Personalization

• Card Electronic Personalization Device: 8 offerings
  
  The Electronic Personalization product generates and loads, at a minimum, mandatory objects as well as any optional objects, defined by SP 800-73, to a PIV Card.
• Card Electronic Personalization Service: 2 offerings
  
  A provider of electronic personalization services generates and loads, at a minimum, mandatory objects as well as any optional objects, defined by SP 800-73, to a PIV Card.
• Card Graphical Personalization Service: 3 offerings
  
  A provider of Graphical Personalization services has the capability to graphically personalize (i.e. print) PIV cards. PIV Cards are to be customized according to the physical topology as described by FIPS 201 section 4.
• PIV Card Printer Station: 14 offerings
  
  A devices that customize PIV cards' physical topology (as described by FIPS 201 section 4) for a particular identity. Including applications for security features.

Other FIPS 201 Related Products and Services

Services

• Product Testing Service: 1 offering
  
  Testing and evaluation services such as durability, reliability, and quality testing for the FIPS 201-related cards and devices.