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 ...

Defense officials hope the Common Access Card's days are numbered as they continue to test new identity management solutions. Biometrics DOD Encryption Identity Authentication Insider Threats Defense ...

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 committed to protecting the nation’s security and its people, by issuing identification cards to people requiring access to government systems and facilities, and to eligible ...

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.

Defense officials are rolling out a new authentication process for their websites, called myAuth, over the next 18 months. (NiP photography) More than 20 million people in the military community, ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna, and ...

Plurilock's behavior-based authentication technology could help the Pentagon build a digital fingerprint for users of its IT systems. Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech ...

HERNDON, VA, February 8, 2011 Exostar, whose cloud-based solutions enable secure, cost-effective business-to-business collaboration, today announced an identity management breakthrough that will ...

HERNDON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Exostar, whose cloud-based solutions enable secure, cost-effective business-to-business collaboration, today announced an identity management breakthrough that will ...

Military personnel salute in formation during a Veterans Day retreat ceremony at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 9, 2023. (Yasuo Osakabe/Air Force) Transitioning from active duty to civilian life can be ...