Auditing in the cloud environment, particularly for identity management systems, touches on a range of interconnected, international issues: data governance, competing legal and regulatory environments, standards and interoperability, and a host of specific policy issues that are increasingly problematic, such as data privacy. The October 2011 International Cloud Symposium organized by OASIS in London, identified many of these issues, and in this panel expert speakers examine them from a global perspective and offer international perspectives on challenges and solutions.