The Department of Defense's (DoD's) Common Access Card is undergoing modification to make it easier for visually color-impaired security officials to identify bearers who are military, government ...

A new generation of the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Common Access Card (CAC), the most prevalent identity smart card in the U.S., is about to hit the market. Just how many CACs have been issued ...

The Defense Department is making a number of improvements to the Common Access Card to enhance identity authentication and physical and network security. DoD image Traditional authentication ...

Since its introduction in the early 2000s, the Common Access Card (CAC) has become the most widely used Department of Defense (DoD) identity credential, with more than 24 million cards issued to ...

Common Access Cards are used by over 4 million people in the Department of Defense, including active-duty personnel, reservists, department civilians, and contractors.

The Defense Department’s reliance on Common Access Cards may be coming to a close.

Defense Department agencies have a new security threat to worry about in the form of a PDF attachment designed to compromise the common access card used by DOD personnel.

The Defense Department is seeking to cut back on the use of a “smart” ID card that has long been used by military personnel and contractors. The Common Access Cards (CAC) are now used as ...

There's good news for military personnel with new Common Access Cards, as well as retirees and military family members who received the Defense Department's next-generation identification card ...

Those already entered into the system with a valid access pass, or possessing a Common Access Card, military ID, military dependent ID, or a federal government-issued PIV, may enter post as normal.

The Trump administration has frozen the government-issued credit cards that civilian employees of the Defense Department use for small purchases of supplies and equipment to support military units.