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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.

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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