Layered authentication method for managing access to cloud resources

An information handling system, comprising:

• a central processing unit;
• and
• a memory including process executable instructions that, when executed by the central processing unit, cause the system to perform operations for managing access to cloud infrastructure, the operations comprising:
• responsive to receiving a request to access a cloud infrastructure resource provisioned by a cloud service provider and allocated, by the cloud service provider, to an entity, performing a layered authentication of a user associated with the request, wherein the layered authentication includes:
• determining first layer privileges of the user based on first user credentials associated with a first authentication interface, wherein the first authentication interface comprises an authentication interface of the cloud service provider;
• determining second layer privileges for the user based on second user credentials associated with a second authentication interface, wherein the second authentication interface comprises an authentication interface of the entity;
• wherein the first and second layer privileges include one or more privileges common to both the first and the second layer privileges and one or more privileges unique to of the second layer of privileges;
• and
• determining whether to grant the request based, at least in part, on a combination of the first layer privileges and the second layer privileges;
• wherein the first layer privileges determine whether the cloud service provider permits the user to view the cloud infrastructure resource, the second layer privileges determine actions the entity permits the user to perform on the cloud infrastructure resource, and the actions include performing a pre-update health check of the cloud infrastructure resource;
• wherein the first credentials and the second credentials are independent and distinct.