For years, the Defense Department bounced back and forth between defining its primary authentication credential as DoD public key infrastructure or the Common Access Card, especially when it comes to the department’s unclassified networks.
Referring to the CAC as the primary authenticator largely simplified credentialing, but it also effectively excluded alternative hardware tokens also capable of securely storing DoD-approved PKI credentials — sometimes even offering stronger access management.
Now, the Defense Department’s recent memo on multifactor authentication for unclassified and secret networks clarifies that the department’s PKI credential — not the plastic card that stores it — is the true…
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