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Personal Identity Verification

nounid 3563·updated May 9, 2026
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The process of creating and using a governmentwide secure and reliable form of identification for federal employees and contractors, in support of HSPD 12, Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Process92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

Regulated95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

Cui85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

acronym
PIV
plural
Personal Identity Verifications
possessive
Personal Identity Verification's
pluralpossessive
Personal Identity Verifications'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
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The process of creating and using a governmentwide secure and reliable form of identification for federal employees and contractors, in support of HSPD 12, Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
The process of creating and using a governmentwide secure and reliable form of identification for federal employees and contractors, in support of HSPD 12, Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
The process of creating and using a governmentwide secure and reliable form of identification for federal employees and contractors, in support of HSPD 12, Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors.
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