March 30, 2005—Viisage, a provider of advanced technology identity solutions, is receiving $1.7 million to continue to support the production of secure, smart credentials as part of the Common Access Card (CAC) program for the United States Department of Defense (DoD).
This order follows the initial order for the CAC program announced in May 2004, according to the company. With more than 4.4 million cards in circulation, the CAC program smart card technology maintains critical identity information to grant individuals varying privileges.
DoD uniformed duty employees, qualified reserve personnel, DoD civilians, and authorized contractors use these standard identification cards to gain physical access to secure areas and logical access to the DoD’s computer networks. The card also serves as the authentication token for the DoD’s computerized public key infrastructure. The future roadmap for the program includes expanded use of biometrics and movement toward a contactless smart card.
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