Google Suspended My Company's Google Cloud Account for the Third Time
6 months ago
- #Account Suspension
- #Google Cloud
- #Security
- Google suspended SSLMate's Google Cloud account three times without prior notification.
- SSLMate uses Google Cloud for customer integrations, creating service accounts for secure access.
- The first suspension in 2024 led to a frustrating recovery process with unclear reasons.
- A second suspension occurred two Fridays ago, with projects reinstated without prior notice.
- The third suspension happened last Friday, with partial project suspensions and no clear resolution.
- SSLMate explores alternatives like long-lived keys or OIDC, but both have drawbacks.
- OIDC setup with Google Cloud is overly complex, discouraging secure practices.
- Google's system allows arbitrary suspensions, making it unreliable for production use.
- The dilemma: choose between security, ease of setup, or avoiding suspensions.