The card reader Mark bought was sold by a company called Saicoo, whose sponsored Amazon listing advertises a “DOD Military USB Common Access Card (CAC) Reader” and has more than 11,700 mostly ...

The military is ditching the computer Common Access Card reader. "We are embarking on a two-year plan to eliminate CAC cards from our information systems," Defense Department CIO Terry Halvorsen ...

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 ...

These are used extensively by organizations such as the Department of Defense, where they’re known as Common Access Cards, that require you to insert your ID card into a reader before you can ...

The Defense Department is behind schedule in its goal to distribute the Common Access Card to each soldier, sailor, airman and Marine, according to Ken Scheflen, director of the Defense Manpower ...

Army Futures Command has entered the long-fought battle to modernize the Defense Department’s identity and access management system, saying it’s developing a product that would let soldiers log in ...

The Army is piloting a promising program to bring two-factor authentication to soldiers and first responders that do not have Common Access Cards.

To ensure continuity of operations during COVID-19, the Department of Defense has enabled a temporary capability to allow common access card holders to update their certificates for continued use.

Army Futures Command is working on a wearable identity token that will replace the Common Access Card (CAC) for connecting soldier laptops and other handheld devices to the service's future ...

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.