Calif. test-taking case shows gap in visa security (AP via Yahoo! News) A ring accused of helping people from the Middle East obtain student visas by taking their proficiency exams and classes has exposed vulnerability in the nation's security tracking system for foreigners who attend U.S. schools, experts said Tuesday.

Should Oregon university security officers carry guns? (The Oregonian) A confrontation in a Portland State University class may intensify an upcoming discussion by the State Board of Higher Education over whether campus security officers should be allowed to carry guns.

Tibet security tight for anniversary: residents (AFP via Yahoo! News) China has beefed up security in Tibet's capital as the region marks the sensitive anniversaries of a failed 1959 uprising against Chinese rule and bloody 2008 riots, residents said Wednesday.

Man whose kiss caused airport security scare pleads guilty (CNN) A New Jersey man who breached airport security to give his girlfriend a kiss, causing scores of flight delays, pleaded guilty Tuesday to defiant trespass, his lawyer said.

Amsterdam airport tightens security after sting (AP via Yahoo! News) Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport — the departure site for the Detroit underwear bomber — tightened security Tuesday after journalists orchestrated a sting operation that smuggled bottles of liquids onto planes bound for London and Washington.

U.N. sees no security vacuum as U.S. troops exit Haiti (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The United Nations is confident there will be no security vacuum in Haiti as U.S. and other foreign troops withdraw from the earthquake-struck Caribbean country, a top U.N. official said on Tuesday.

SecureCloud 2010 Announces Agenda for Inaugural Two Day Cloud Security Conference in Barcelona (Marketwire) Pamela Jones Harbour, Commissioner of the US Federal Trade Commission to Keynote First European Event to Focus on Cloud Security