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3 unusual facts about Common Access Card


Common Access Card

The integrated circuit chip (ICC) contains information about the owner, including the PIN and one or more PKI digital certificates.

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The Common Access Card, also colloquially referred to as the CAC (often called CAC card, due to what is informally known as RAS syndrome), is a smart card about the size of a credit card.

Cryptographic log on

Cryptographic log-on (CLO) is a process that uses Common Access Cards (CAC) and embedded Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) certificates to authenticate a user's identification to a workstation and network.



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