The load-bearing documents for a DIB program — CMMC / DFARS regulatory text (eCFR), federal rulemaking, NIST publications and OIRA review — organized as a library. Pick a document; the reader shows the dex dossier: what it says, why it matters, and the concrete obligations it imposes. Originals open at the source.
SP 800-73-6, Interfaces for Personal Identity Verification: Part 2 – PIV Card Application Card Command InterfaceInitial Working Draft
NIST released an initial working draft of SP 800-73-6 to update PIV card interfaces for post-quantum cryptography using ML-DSA and ML-KEM.
This document is an initial working draft of SP 800-73-6, Part 2, which proposes updates to the PIV Card Application Card Command Interface to support post-quantum cryptography (PQC). The draft introduces a dual-stack model that preserves existing classical PIV keys while adding new key references and data objects for PQC credentials, ensuring backward compatibility and incremental deployment. NIST is seeking public feedback via mailing lists and GitHub to accelerate standardization and implementation of PQC in PIV credentials.
DIBs must monitor PIV standard updates as they transition to PQC, which will eventually impact identity verification systems and PIV card deployments under CMMC/NIST 800-171 requirements.