Dear Readers, below we present you the beta version of article "Where is my data" by Ian Moyse. You will also find this article in Hakin9s' issue devoted to Cloud Security Essentials that you can already pre-order! Where Is My Data? Cloud remains a hot subject and whether you love or loathe it, it’s not something you won’t have heard of or likely have had pushed your way. Inevitably when considering cloud security questions arise and certainly in the light of the recent well publicised Prism publicity where the USA has been heavily cited for spying on data and much of it from outside the USA stretching into Europe and the UK. This has put emphasis on and raised awareness for UK businesses asking questions about and of cloud suppliers and rightly so. A cloud provider should welcome such questions and be open to answering them in a straightforward and....