# Authenticated Principal

> The verified identity of the user or service on whose behalf a request executes, against which permissions are checked.

Record: `lexicon:authenticated-principal`
Kind: model
Layer: [Security Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/security-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-authenticated-principal

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Attribute Definitions](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/attribute-definitions.md) and before [Authorization Policy](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/authorization-policy.md).

## Category

- [Security Privacy Compliance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/security-privacy-compliance.md)

## Required by

- [Authorization](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/authorization.md)

## Linked from

- [Security / Privacy / Compliance / Governance](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-security-privacy-compliance-governance.md)