Identity Registration

The process of making a person’s identity known to the personal identity verification (PIV) system, associating a unique identifier with that identity, and collecting and recording the person’s relevant attributes into the system. 

 See CNSSI 4009-2015 (FIPS 201-1) for more information. 

Making a person’s identity known to the enrollment/Identity Management System information system by associating a unique identifier with that identity, and collecting and recording the person’s relevant attributes into the information system. Registration is necessary in order to initiate other processes, such as adjudication, card/token personalization and issuance and, maintenance that are necessary to issue and to re-issue or maintain a PIV Card or a Derived PIV Credential token. 

 See NIST SP 800-79-2 under Registration for more information. 

The process through which an applicant applies to become a subscriber of a CSP and an RA validates the identity of the applicant on behalf of the CSP. (NIST SP 800-63-3) 

 See NISTIR 8149 under Registration (NIST SP 800-63-3) for more information.