The biggest difference between a standards-based FIPS PIV card and a YubiKey running the PIV applet is not the cryptography. It is who controls the card life cycle: the vendor, the issuer or the enterprise.
The biggest difference between a standards-based FIPS PIV card and a YubiKey running the PIV applet is not the cryptography. It is who controls the card life cycle: the vendor, the issuer or the enterprise.