Well I don’t know, man. I only had a problem with a corporate firewall once and I just went to the CTO and told them “look, I am here to do a job, please don’t put obstacles in front of me because I seriously don’t care about your company’s bureaucracy – now, can I do my job or not?”.
He was super confused that this pissed me off, tried to play it down and then put the blame on me (not sure how he imagined that will work), and I left on the spot.
They can play their little games without me. 
Hope you solve your problem though!
