Common Access Card

nounverified·updated May 9, 2026

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Standard identification/smart card issued by the Department of Defense that has an embedded integrated chip storing public key infrastructure (PKI) certificates.

MWENISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 2

Classifications

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Entity Type

Credential95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Regulated90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Information Class

Cui85%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

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Variants

4 surface forms

acronym: CAC
plural: Common Access Cards
possessive: Common Access Card's
pluralpossessive: Common Access Cards'

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