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Travis Wheeler

Travis Wheeler works in marketing at Technical Communities, the leading GSA sales and marketing partner for technology companies.

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Top finds at TSA checkpoints in 2011 include more than 1,000 guns and C4

  • December 30th, 2011

The Transportation Security Administration has found 1,200 guns, snakes, C4 explosives and inert landmines in the past year at airport checkpoints around the country.

McAfee’s predictions of top cyber threats in 2012

  • December 28th, 2011

We continue to see cybercriminals improving their toolkits and malware and are ready to make a significant impact in 2012.

December is critical infrastructure protection month

  • November 30th, 2011

President Obama signed a proclamation on Nov. 30 declaring December 2011 as “Critical Infrastructure Protection Month,” adding that cyber security remains a key part of that protection.

Napolitano stresses international partnerships, aviation and cyber security on overseas trip

  • November 30th, 2011

“DHS is committed to working closely with our allies and partners who face common threats to build a more secure and resilient nation while strengthening the commerce, travel, and communication networks that we all share.”

Cloud security: Better than we think?

  • November 14th, 2011

Conventional wisdom says that cloud computing is inherently less secure. But many government experts are focused on cloud computing’s security strengths.

Cyber weaknesses should deter US from waging war

  • October 30th, 2011

Clarke said if he was advising the president he would warn against attacking other countries because so many of them including China, North Korea, Iran and Russia could retaliate by launching devastating cyberattacks that could destroy power grids, banking networks or transportation systems.

Cloud, telework and security to top IT budgets in 2012

  • October 24th, 2011

Technologies that support the federal transition to cloud computing and increased telework will be the most lucrative opportunities for government information technology vendors in 2012.

Free gov-only demo on next generation firewall solution

  • October 17th, 2011

The SonicWALL SuperMassive E10000 Series is SonicWALL’s Next-Generation Firewall platform designed for large networks to deliver scalability, reliability and deep security at multi-gigabit speeds.

Free government only network traffic analysis recorder field evaluation

  • October 11th, 2011

With WildPackets TimeLine, network issues of any type can be identified, analyzed, reconstructed, and resolved quickly and efficiently.

Oracle settles $200M claim of failing to offer government best price

  • October 7th, 2011

The settlement resolves a False Claims Act lawsuit that alleges Oracle intentionally gave GSA inaccurate information about discounts it gave to commercial customers and failed to pass those discounts on to the government.