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.

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 ...

DOD CIO says a range of U.S. allies have agreed to pursue a "single identity standard," and that Common Access Cards will not be that solution. Biometrics DOD Standards The Defense Department embraced ...

Two years ago, then-Department of Defense CIO Terry Halvorsen announced a plan to replace the common access card within two years. Today, the CAC is still alive and well as the Pentagon’s primary ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. Today we’re getting two items out of my notebook while sticking to our recent ...

The U.S. military is a big place, and few things about the military experience are universal across all its ranks, branches, jobs and bases. But one thing that has remained a constant is the Common ...

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (May 1, 2015) -- Soldiers can now use smart phones and computer tablets to access the Army's primary website for training information. Previously, they needed a computer with a ...

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 tactical ...

VICENZA, Italy -- The U.S. Forces has received authorization from the Garante of Italy to issue Common Access Cards containing biometric data (fingerprints) to local national personnel of the U.S.

A Marine Raider with Marine Forces Special Operations Command aims his rifle in support of a vehicle interdiction exercise during Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-20 at K9 Village in Yuma ...