System, method, and apparatus for providing access to remote computing services are described. The method includes authenticating a user and a client device; establishing a connection to a server computer including: a server program executing on the server computer detecting the connection; the server program creating a blocking process on the server computer to block access of the user to a service on the connection, authorizing, using a client program executing on the client device and the server program, the user to use the service on the server computer including: terminating the blocking process, the user using the service; and the user closing the connection to the server computer. Embodiments of the present invention provide secure remote access to computing services.