Authentication methods - Login.gov
WEBPhysical PIV (personal identity verification) cards or CACs (common access cards) are secure options for federal government employees and military personnel. These cards, with encrypted chip technology, are resistant to phishing and difficult to hack if stolen.
Personal Identity Verification Card 101 - IDManagement.gov
WEBThis Personal Identity Verification (PIV) 101 is intended to help you understand the purpose and uses of a PIV credential at your organization. This PIV 101 focuses on using PIV credentials for logical access such as authenticating to networks or applications or digitally signing and encrypting.
What are CAC and PIV Cards? - SSH
WEBWhile the CAC is limited to the personnel and contractors of the Department of Defense, the other branches of the US Federal government use a separate but similar authentication and identification system - the Personal Identity Verification standard (PIV).
MilitaryCAC's PIV Activation information and solutions page
WEBApr 3, 2022 · The Army is pushing for everyone to expose their PIV now, to make you ready. You will be able to login to any EAMS-A websites with your ID, PIV, or Email certificate. NOTE: Between October 2019 and February 2020 everyone in the Army was migrated to PIV AUTH certificate for Email access.
Managing Your CAC
WEBKeeping Your CAC Secure. You will need a personal identification number (PIN) to access information stored on a CAC. Only those authorized personnel who are granted access to the applications and secret keys can modify or delete the data added on the chip, and then only with your PIN.
Policies - CAC
WEBThis document establishes a standard for a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) system that meets the control and security objectives of Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12. It is based on secure and reliable forms of identity credentials issued by the Federal Government to its employees and contractors.
Personal Identity Verification Interoperable 101
WEBThis guide helps federal agencies understand how federal issuers and Non-Federal Issuers (NFI) of PIV-Interoperable (PIV-I) achieve interoperability with the PIV infrastructure. The scope of this guide is limited to the issuance of PIV-I credentials.
CAC Security
WEBCommon Access Card (CAC) Security. The CAC — which is roughly the size of a standard credit card — stores 144K of data storage and memory on a single integrated circuit chip (ICC). This CAC technology allows for rapid authentication and enhanced security for all physical and logical access.
DCSA MyAccess - Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
WEB2 days ago · MyAccess DCSA is a self-service portal for managing your CAC/PIV/ECA credentials to gain single-sign-on access to mission applications with those credentials.
Personal Identity Verification (PIV) | NIST - National Institute of ...
WEBJan 27, 2020 · Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Close to five million PIV Cards today provide multifactor authentication to federal IT resources and facilities. The Standard behind these PIV Cards is Federal Information Processing Standard 201 (FIPS 201) titled Personal Identity Verification of Federal Employees and Contractors, which covers identity ...