Secured data access in virtual data processing is described. An example includes instructions to receive a request from an application in a compute node of a compute cluster in a virtual data processing environment to access a secured data source for a user, the virtual data processing environment including a multiple secured data sources that are accessible by compute nodes of the virtual compute cluster; fetch a credential in a current application context and forward the credential for validation; validate the credential with a credential authority; and, upon successfully validating the credential, authenticate the user at the secured data source and establish a connection with the secured data source.