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Q: What is the purpose of HSPD-12? A: The purpose of HSPD-12 is to provide a common reliable identification verification for Government employees and contractors. It will help to protect against a variety of threats including:
• Unauthorized access to physical facilities or logical assets under the protection umbrella of the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) System and in which a PIV credential is employed in access control processes
• Improper issuance of valid credential to malicious holder
• Counterfeiting of credentials
-Intercept or probing to access stored information
-Successful cryptanalytic attacks against stored protected information
• Use of stolen or borrowed credential to gain access
-Intercept/technical surveillance to capture PIN(s)
• Use of credential issued for access to lower sensitivity/criticality assets to achieve access to more sensitive/critical assets
Last Updated: 9/25/2009 8:22:19 PM

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