Common Access Card

The Common Access Card is a United States Department of Defense smart card issued as standard identification for active-duty military personnel, reserve personnel, civilian employees, non-DoD other government employees and State Employees of the National Guard and eligible contractor personnel.The CAC is used as a general identification card as well as for authentication to enable access to DoD computers, networks, and certain DoD facilities. It also serves as an identification card under the Geneva Conventions.The CAC enables encrypting and cryptographically signing email, facilitating the use of PKI authentication tools, and establishes an authoritative process for the use of identity credentials.

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Iwona Miliszewska, PhD: Studied Computer Science at the University of Dresden, Germany and Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia. Associate Head of School of Engineering and Science at Victoria University.