Abstract: Example aspects include techniques for providing a compliant and auditable approach for a user to perform an action without sufficient privileges. These techniques may include receiving, from a first user account, a first request to perform an action and determining that the first user account does not have permission to perform the action. In addition, the techniques may include identifying a second user account having permission to perform the action and transmitting, to the second user account, a second request for approval to perform the action. Further, the techniques may include performing in response to approval of the second request, the action without providing the permission to the first user account.