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 ...

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 ...

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 date.

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 high-speed, high-volume, ...

The Common Access Card, or CAC, issue traces back to about three years ago, when the Defense Department could not issue IDs that had three-year security certificates because of technical ...

All Department of Defense-issued identification cards. Those already entered into the system with a valid access pass, or possessing a Common Access Card, military ID, ...

The Defense Department plans to test a new approach to providing personnel with access to IT systems shortly after the Christmas holiday, as the Pentagon moves forward with DOD CIO Terry Halvorsen’s ...