US Patent 10454975 Conditional comptuing resource policies

A computing resource service receives a request from a user to access a first computing resource. In response to the request, the computing resource service obtains policies applicable to the request. If the policies include at least one conditional policy that defines a dependency condition that is based at least part on privileges for accessing a second computing resource, the service determines whether the dependency condition is satisfied. If the dependency condition is satisfied, the service evaluates the obtained policies to determine whether to fulfill the request.