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A system and method are disclosed for providing secure access to a cloud service. In one embodiment, the method includes: receiving a request to access a cloud service hosted on a cloud computing system from a tenant device of a tenant; authenticating the tenant to access the requested cloud service via the application based on a tenant identifier and unique identifier associated with the cloud service; generating a ticket indicating that the tenant is authorized to access the application, wherein the ticket includes a unique identifier associated with the application associated with the requested cloud service; transmitting the ticket to the third-party server communicatively coupled to the cloud computing system; and providing access to the cloud service to the tenant via the application hosted on the third-party server in response to successful validation of the ticket by the third-party server.