For the past few months I have been trying to get my head around this cloud thing. Conceptually I understand what it means, our data is stored in remote locations and virtual machines are involved in some manner. After talking with a friend in CA, I have come to the realization that I still do not fully understand. Which means, I am probably not alone and as in most things security is one of the last concerns. So, with this vast technology how is data secured? I imagine there might be numerous threats, some of which we do not encounter in our day-to-day security practice.