Data security is the core of cloud security. The solution architect must establish and maintain that mindset across the entire organization. Having your data everywhere is also critical to the success of the cloud computing business model and the most critical data management task is data classification. An ever changing aspect of data classification is the fluid nature of global privacy and data protection (P&DP) laws. Every solution must recognize the multiple data protection roles and ensure that all required security controls, for whatever role the organization plays, are in place.