Common Access Card

nounid 1859·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.

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Entity Type

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

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

Information Class

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

Variants

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

Framework definitions

3 senses across 3 frameworks

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →

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

CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →

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

Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →

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