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Telegraph
08-06-2025
- Business
- Telegraph
China's super-embassy in London ‘must be blocked' after US warning
Plans for a new Chinese 'super-embassy' in London must be blocked after a warning from the White House, the Tories have said. Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, said the proposals for a huge new complex near the city's financial hub pose a 'security risk' and should be thrown out. The proposed 'mega embassy' at the former Royal Mint site near the Tower of London has been locked in a planning battle for years, with the decision called in for review last year. The proposal has proved extremely controversial, with fears the building could effectively become a nest of spies in the heart of London. It has now been reported that the White House has warned the UK to reject the proposals on security grounds, given the site's proximity to a hub of sensitive data near key financial centres. It comes after cyber experts for the UK Government privately sounded the alarm about the plans in an exchange sent to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. A senior US official told The Sunday Times: 'The United States is deeply concerned about providing China with potential access to the sensitive communications of one of our closest allies.' On Sunday, Mr Philp said it was 'likely' the embassy would be used as a base for Chinese espionage and urged the Government to block it. Asked for his view on the reports in The Sunday Times, he told Sky News' Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips: 'Well, I agree with the United States. We think it is a security risk. 'In government the Conservatives were very clear, we should not be allowing the Chinese to build this super-embassy. 'It is likely to become a base for their pan-European espionage activities and it sits very close to, of course, the UK's financial centre. 'It's very close to three critical data centres … data cables connecting, for example, Canary Wharf to the City, run very close or indeed even underneath the site, and it is very likely the Chinese would use it to organise espionage activities. 'We've seen the Chinese government cracking down on dissidents, running secret police stations in the UK, even putting bounties on the heads of dissidents, some of whom I've met. We should not be giving permission to this.' The row presents an awkward dilemma for Sir Keir Starmer, who has pursued a strategy of engagement with Beijing while attempting to maintain a positive relationship with Donald Trump, a prominent China sceptic. The White House official quoted by The Sunday Times said: 'The United States expects that all decisions will be taken with our (both US and UK) national security interests in mind and after thorough mitigation as recommended and approved by counter-intelligence professionals.' Peter Kyle, the Science Secretary, said the UK would offer a 'fulsome response' to any security concerns raised. He told Phillips: 'These issues will be taken care of assiduously in the planning process. 'But just to reassure people, we deal with embassies and these sorts of infrastructure issues all the time. 'We are very experienced of it, and we are very aware of these sorts of issues constantly, not just when new buildings are being done, but all the time.' Asked about the US warning, he said: 'These are the issues that we talk about as two countries all the time… we're in the Five Eyes agreement, America and Britain share intelligence… We are one of the few countries in the world that share intelligence.' He added: 'If people raise security issues even though it relates to planning, then I'm sure we will have a fulsome response for them. But look, the key thing is, these are issues which are quite routinised in the way that we deal with the security of our country. 'This is not new. It's going through planning. These are issues that will be dealt with in that process.'
Zawya
21-05-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Tenable powers AI-driven exposure management with third-party data connectors and unified dashboards
Dubai, United Arab Emirates — Tenable®, the exposure management company, today announced powerful new enhancements to its flagship platform, Tenable One, with the introduction of Tenable One Connectors and customizable risk dashboards. These advancements — powered by Tenable ExposureAI™ and built on the Tenable Data Fabric — make Tenable One the most advanced exposure management solution available today. With third-party data connectors, organizations unlock a contextualized view of all their security risk data in one place, regardless of the security products they use. In today's fragmented security landscape, large organizations juggle an average of 83 disconnected tools1, leading to siloed operations and critical blind spots. The result is scattered data and operational inefficiencies across the attack surface. Tenable One addresses this complexity by consolidating exposure insights from both native and third-party tools into a unified, contextual view, transforming fragmented data into business-aligned intelligence. Tenable One now features a vast and rapidly expanding ecosystem of out-of-the-box Connectors, enabling seamless integration with widely used third-party tools for endpoint detection and response (EDR), cloud security, vulnerability management, operational technology security, ticketing systems and more. With new Connectors launching throughout Q2 2025 and beyond, Tenable unifies security data across the enterprise, delivering a comprehensive and actionable view of organizational risk. At the core of the platform is the Tenable Exposure Data Fabric, a scalable, cloud-native architecture that ingests, normalizes, and connects data across the security ecosystem. This foundation feeds Tenable ExposureAI, the platform's machine learning engine that surfaces toxic risk combinations and hidden attack paths, and prioritizes actions based on potential business impact. New unified risk dashboards further elevate the platform's impact. Designed to eliminate time-consuming manual reporting, these dashboards offer fully customizable views that align to specific business roles and priorities. With flexible report configurations and powerful visualization options, security teams can deliver insights and communicate risks faster and with greater business impact. 'The cybersecurity market is saturated with point solutions that operate in isolation, slowing security efforts and leaving organizations vulnerable,' said Steve Vintz, co-chief executive officer and chief financial officer, Tenable. 'The power of Tenable One enables organizations to view risks across security tools in context and focus remediation efforts on the exposures that matter most.' These innovations mark a major milestone following Tenable's acquisition of Vulcan Cyber and reinforce Tenable's commitment to lead the exposure management market with unmatched breadth, intelligence and operational scale. Additional Information: See Tenable One in action by watching guided demos. Explore the Tenable Exposure Management Resource Center for videos, one-pagers and other resources to help you understand the value of exposure management and build an efficient program. Check out the Tenable Exposure Management Maturity Model to assess your organization's proactive security maturity level. Join the upcoming Tenable webinar titled, 'Security Without Silos: How to Gain Real Risk Insights with Unified Exposure Management' on June 11, 2025 at 11 am ET and 10 am BST. 1 IBM report, "Capturing the cybersecurity dividend", January 2025 About Tenable Tenable® is the exposure management company, exposing and closing the cybersecurity gaps that erode business value, reputation and trust. The company's AI-powered exposure management platform radically unifies security visibility, insight and action across the attack surface, equipping modern organizations to protect against attacks from IT infrastructure to cloud environments to critical infrastructure and everywhere in between. By protecting enterprises from security exposure, Tenable reduces business risk for approximately 44,000 customers around the globe. Learn more at Media Contact: Qamar Syed OAK Consulting qamar@
Daily Mail
17-05-2025
- Daily Mail
I took a flight from Heathrow to Madrid but British Airways claimed I was never on the plane
A BBC journalist has revealed how she unwittingly flew from Heathrow to Madrid under the wrong identity - and British Airways did not clock the mistake. Catherine Snowdon said the airline insisted she had never boarded the plane to the Spanish capital on April 23, which created a 'potential security risk'. The issues first arose when Ms Snowdon tried to check-in online for the flight operated by BA's Spanish partner carrier Iberia. She said it did not work and an error code saying 'assistance required' also popped up when she tried to check-in again at the self service booth at Heathrow Airport. Ms Snowdon next headed over to the check-in desk and she was finally given her boarding pass, which she admitted she 'didn't read in any great detail'. After passing through the security area as normal, she was also 'waved through' by a member of the BA ground crew who 'glanced' at her passport and boarding pass. The journalist, who was heading to Madrid for a business trip, said she was 'surprised' when she got on the plane and realised she was seated in business class. However, she assumed this was 'free upgrade' and enjoyed the perks on the plane including a 'tiramisu' for dessert and 'complimentary alcohol'. 'It was on arrival in the Spanish capital when things started to go wrong,' Ms Snowdon wrote in an article about her experience for the BBC. 'As soon as I gained mobile signal on the ground, an email popped up: my return flight had been cancelled. 'In response, the travel company said it had been cancelled because I was a no-show on the outbound flight.' Ms Snowdon replied saying she was 'very much in Madrid' and waiting for her luggage to come through at the airport. She said BA remained adamant she had not travelled and it was at this point she realised that the boarding pass was 'not hers'. Ms Snowdon was shocked to see that the name printed on her ticket and luggage tags was a man the BBC has referred to only as Huw H. She said BA continued to insist that she could not have boarded the plane on Huw H's ticket as their 'security checks would not allow it'. The journalist explained they were 'so convinced' she hadn't travelled to Madrid, the BBC had to book her onto the return flight again, despite her already having a ticket. Ms Snowdon raised concerns she had inadvertently become a 'security issue' as airport staff did not clock the discrepancy between her passport and boarding pass. She was so baffled that a mistake like this slip through she tried to track down Huw H to work out how the confusion may have arisen. The BBC employee found a Jonathan Huw H, who flew on a BA flight on April 24, a day after her, and landed at Heathrow. Ms Snowdon, whose married name which is on her passport begins with an H, speculated that perhaps his details were somehow 'floating around' the BA system. Simon Calder, travel correspondent at the Independent, said sometimes mistakes happen 'in the high-pressure, deadline-strewn world of aviation'. But he questioned why the error wasn't clocked at the departure gate and for that reason Ms Snowdon's experience was rare. The Civil Aviation Authority is reportedly investigating the incident. A spokesperson for BA said: 'We've contacted our customer to apologise for this genuine human error. 'While incidents like this are extremely rare, we've taken proactive steps to ensure it doesn't happen again.' A spokesperson for Heathrow Airport said it is not responsible for the ground crew and there were no issues with how Ms Snowdon passed through security checks.
