Methods and systems for managing access to a resource by one of a plurality of applications. The method comprises: storing, in a first storage area associated with a first application, a first credential for use in accessing the resource; receiving, at a second application, a message comprising data for determining that the first application stores a validated credential for accessing the resource; sending a request for the validated credential from the second application to the first application; receiving the first credential at the second application from the first application in response to the request sent; and storing the first credential in a second storage area associated with the second application; wherein the message received at the second application is received from a server system, remote from the plurality of applications, which maintains data indicating a subset of the plurality of applications which store respective validated credentials for accessing the resource.