The card reader Mark bought was sold by a company called Saicoo, whose sponsored Amazon listing advertises a “DOD Military USB Common Access Card (CAC) Reader” and has more than 11,700 mostly ...

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.

The CAC reader discussed below (source: Amazon) ***DON’T BUY THIS*** Alarmingly, a contractor found that one such device is a vector for malware. The contractor purchased a $15 card reader sold ...

The L-1 TWIC-Station meets the latest TWIC Reader Hardware and Card Application Specifications issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

Since 2001, U.S. military personnel have relied on the CAC for network and system access control, but CAC cards are not operationally suited for use in contested, enemy-controlled areas, according ...

Previously, they needed a computer with a Common Access Card, or CAC, to find resources on the Army Training Network, or ATN. The Army recently began allowing users to access ATN with a username ...

CAC-based systems combine a digital card reader with PIN-based access or PKI certificate authentication to provide secure access to computer systems and Web sites.