spring-security/docs/modules/ROOT/pages/servlet/authentication/architecture/security-context.adoc

[[servlet-authentication-securitycontext]]
= SecurityContext

The {security-api-url}org/springframework/security/core/context/SecurityContext.html[`SecurityContext`] is obtained from the <<servlet-authentication-securitycontextholder>>.
The `SecurityContext` contains an <<servlet-authentication-authentication>> object.