diff --git a/gce_rescue/tasks/pre_validations.py b/gce_rescue/tasks/pre_validations.py
index 5c1a981..b8f36a4 100644
--- a/gce_rescue/tasks/pre_validations.py
+++ b/gce_rescue/tasks/pre_validations.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 import googleapiclient.discovery
+from gce_rescue.tasks.validations.authorization import authorize_check
 from gce_rescue.tasks.validations.authentication import (
   authenticate_check,
   project_name
@@ -42,6 +43,10 @@ def _authentication(self):
       test_mode = self.test_mode,
     )
 
+  def __post_init__(self):
+    if not self.test_mode:
+      authorize_check(project = self.project)
+
   @property
   def compute(self) -> googleapiclient.discovery.Resource:
     return self._authentication()
diff --git a/gce_rescue/tasks/validations/api.py b/gce_rescue/tasks/validations/api.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c47adf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gce_rescue/tasks/validations/api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+""" Common API objects """
+import googleapiclient
+import google_auth_httplib2
+import httplib2
+
+from google.oauth2.credentials import Credentials
+from googleapiclient.discovery import Resource
+
+def api_service(
+    service: str,
+    version: str,
+    credentials: Credentials) -> Resource:
+
+  def _builder(http, *args, **kwargs):
+    # google api client is not thread safe
+    # https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/blob/main/docs/thread_safety.md
+    del http
+    headers = kwargs.setdefault('headers',{})
+    headers['user-agent'] = 'gce_rescue_header'
+    auth_http = google_auth_httplib2.AuthorizedHttp(credentials,
+                                                   http=httplib2.Http())
+    return googleapiclient.http.HttpRequest(auth_http, *args, **kwargs)
+
+  service_ = googleapiclient.discovery.build(service, version,
+                        cache_discovery=False,
+                        credentials=credentials,
+                        requestBuilder=_builder)
+  return service_
diff --git a/gce_rescue/tasks/validations/authentication.py b/gce_rescue/tasks/validations/authentication.py
index b8a6c57..db75b55 100644
--- a/gce_rescue/tasks/validations/authentication.py
+++ b/gce_rescue/tasks/validations/authentication.py
@@ -13,20 +13,14 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 """ Authentication validation to be called from ../pre_validations.py """
-import googleapiclient
-import googleapiclient.discovery
 import google.auth
-import google_auth_httplib2
-
-import httplib2
 import sys
 
+from googleapiclient.discovery import Resource
+from gce_rescue.tasks.validations.api import api_service
 from gce_rescue.test.mocks import mock_api_object
 
-
 PROJECT = ''
-GCE_RESCUE_HEADER = 'gce_rescue_header'
-
 
 def _get_auth():
   global PROJECT
@@ -49,7 +43,7 @@ def authenticate_check(
   instance_name: str,
   project: str = None,
   test_mode: bool = False
-) -> googleapiclient.discovery.Resource:
+) -> Resource:
   global PROJECT
   PROJECT = project
   if test_mode:
@@ -63,7 +57,7 @@ def authenticate_check(
   #   'v1',
   #   credentials = credentials
   # )
-  service =  gce_service(credentials)
+  service =  api_service('compute', 'v1', credentials)
   request = service.instances().get(
 		project = PROJECT,
 		zone = zone,
@@ -76,26 +70,6 @@ def authenticate_check(
     print(msg, file=sys.stderr)
     sys.exit(1)
 
-
-def gce_service(credentials):
-
-  def _builder(http, *args, **kwargs):
-    # google api client is not thread safe
-    # https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-python-client/blob/main/docs/thread_safety.md
-    del http
-    headers = kwargs.setdefault('headers',{})
-    headers['user-agent'] = GCE_RESCUE_HEADER
-    auth_http = google_auth_httplib2.AuthorizedHttp(credentials,
-                                                   http=httplib2.Http())
-    return googleapiclient.http.HttpRequest(auth_http, *args, **kwargs)
-
-  service_ = googleapiclient.discovery.build('compute', 'v1',
-                        cache_discovery=False,
-                        credentials=credentials,
-                        requestBuilder=_builder)
-  return service_
-
-
 def project_name() -> str:
   return PROJECT
 
diff --git a/gce_rescue/tasks/validations/authorization.py b/gce_rescue/tasks/validations/authorization.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a46dece
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gce_rescue/tasks/validations/authorization.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""
+Authorization validation to be called from ../pre_validations.py
+Permissions:
+  compute.instances.stop
+  compute.instances.start
+  compute.instances.attachDisk
+  compute.instances.detachDisk
+  compute.images.useReadOnly
+  compute.disks.use
+  compute.disks.setLabels
+  compute.snapshots.create
+  compute.disks.createSnapshot
+  compute.instances.setMetadata
+  compute.instances.setLabels
+"""
+import google.auth
+from gce_rescue.tasks.validations.api import api_service
+
+def authorize_check(project: str = None) -> bool:
+
+  permissions_list = ['compute.snapshots.create']
+  body_data = {'permissions': permissions_list}
+  credentials, project_id = google.auth.default()
+
+  if not project:
+    project = project_id
+
+  service = api_service('cloudresourcemanager', 'v1', credentials)
+  result = service.projects().testIamPermissions(
+    resource = project,
+    body =  body_data
+  ).execute()
+
+  if permissions_list != result['permissions']:
+    raise PermissionError()
+
+  return True