Symmetric Card Authentication Key Authentication (SYM-CAK)

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-004164",
  "term": "Symmetric Card Authentication Key Authentication (SYM-CAK)",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "An authentication mechanism where the PIV Card is identified using the CHUID or another data element, and then the card responds to a challenge by signing the challenge value with the symmetric card authentication key. This mechanism is deprecated.",
  "references": [
    "FIPS 201-3",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/symmetric-card-authentication-key-authentication-sym-cak/"
}