Without PKI the Common Access Card would be just another ID, says Scott Jack, director of identity assurance for DOD PKI. “The PKI literally binds the human identity to a virtual identity in ...

Common Access Card If your CAC expired on or after April 16, 2020, you can update it online from a computer that has a CAC reader. You must do this within 30 days of the expiration date and have ...

The official start of summer is almost here, and so is the beginning of the end of the Common Access Card. The Defense Department has long sought to move beyond the CAC to authenticate users’ ...

A Marine sticks his Common Access Card into a computer in this undated photo. (DOD) Just in time for the holidays, the Pentagon is warning that tens of thousands of Navy and Marine Corps members could ...

Getting your common access card or other IDs renewed can be a bit challenging due to the pandemic, but the Wright-Patterson AFB ID Card Office can assist in getting the job done.

My smart aunt just reminded me that I should probably write a little post about her experience getting a installation access card to allow her to shop and perform certain business for my no-longer ...

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 Common Access Cards (CAC) are now used as “proof of identity and DoD affiliation to facilitate access to DoD facilities and systems,” according to a Pentagon website.

A U.S. airman with the 81st Force Support Squadron resets her common access card (CAC) personal identification number. U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue The U.S. Defense Department uses the new ...

The Department of Defense will phase out the use of the Common Access Card for network login, replacing it with biometric identity authentication systems that are standardized between the U.S.

Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, have their common access card scanned in order to be properly manifested during a CONUS Based Alert Force drill Jan. 13, 2013.