Abstract: In a method and system for accessing computing resources, such as computing devices and application programs, the approval process is separated from the process of accessing a resource. Consequently, once the approval process for a resource profile is granted by the corresponding resource owners, a user may subsequently access the resource in the resource profile without needing to request again for access approval for the same resource profile. Furthermore, a resource owner may grant access approval to a group of users whose jobs or roles require accessing a common resource, and users who need to access a group of common resources are grouped together, such that the approval process is performed only once for such group of users. A resource owner may restrict grouping of some resources in a resource profile, and assigning a job profile to a resource profile.