# Identity Provider

> A central service that authenticates identities and issues credentials for others to trust.

Record: `lexicon:identity-provider`
Kind: mechanism
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-identity-provider

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Coordinator](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/coordinator.md) and before [Log Aggregation](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/log-aggregation.md).

## Category

- [Control / Coordination / Centralization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/control-coordination-centralization.md)

## Required by

- [Centralized Authentication](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/centralized-authentication.md)

## Linked from

- [Control / Coordination / Centralization](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-control-coordination-centralization.md)