
Maria Korolov is an award-winning technology journalist who covers cybersecurity, AI and extended reality. Follow her on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn. She is also the publisher of MetaStellar, a new online magazine of speculative fiction, and Hypergrid Business, which has been covering virtual environments since 2009.
For her fiction writing, check out her Krim World website or her author page on Amazon.
Latest AI articles
Unlocking the hidden value of dark data
IT leaders seeking to derive business value from the data their companies collect face myriad challenges. Perhaps the least understood is the lost opportunity of not making good on data that is created, and often stored, but seldom otherwise interacted with. This so-called “dark data,” named after the dark matter of physics, is information routinely collected in the course of doing business: It’s generated by employees, customers, and business processes. It’s generated as log files by machines, applications, and security systems. It’s documents…
Data lakehouses give enterprises analytics edge
Computer vision is primed for business value
9 ways hackers will use machine learning to launch attacks
Latest Cybersecurity articles
6 signs your IAM strategy is failing, and how to fix it
Companies have been developing and executing identity and access management (IAM) strategies for decades. “It started with mainframe time sharing, so nothing is new,” says Jay Bretzmann, program director for security products at IDC. Despite that long experience, there are still opportunities for mistakes, especially when companies are upgrading their IAM platforms to those that can better deal with modern IT deployments. Here are six ways to tell that a company’s IAM strategy is failing. 1. Users can’t access their applications, but criminals can The primary goal of an IAM platform is to allow legitimate users to access the resources that they need, while…
Adversarial machine learning explained: How attackers disrupt AI and ML systems
9 ways hackers will use machine learning to launch attacks
Bugs in the data center: How social engineering impacts physical security
Latest Networking articles
Who’s selling private 5G and what do you get?
Private 5G is technology that can be used in local area networks. Not to be confused with the public 5G connectivity offered by telephone companies, private 5G is used in corporate campuses, office buildings, factories and warehouses, event venues, and airports, either instead of or in addition to Wi-Fi. According to an unpublished survey from research firm Forrester, 44% of corporate telecommunications decision-makers plan to create private 5G networks. Industries with significant private 5G plans include water and waste, high-tech manufacturing, and retail and wholesale. Other areas where private 5G might crop up include stadiums and construction sites, says Forrester analyst Andre Kindness. “They’re prime for…
Private 5G promising for enterprises, but growth stymied by pandemic, lack of hardware
How SASE uses AI
Who’s selling SASE and what do you get?
Awards and Appearances

Judge, 2019 CSO50 awards
Maria is one of the judges of the annual CSO50 awards, which recognize 50 organizations for their security project or initiative that demonstrates outstanding business value and thought leadership.

Judge, Epica Awards
Maria is a member of the jury of the 2018 Epica awards, the only global creative prize judged by journalists.

2018 New England AZBEE award winner
In April 2018, Maria received the Silver Impact/Investigative award at the New England ASBPE Awards of Excellence for the article “What is a supply chain attack?”
Jan. 2018: Guest on Sine Wave’s Delphi Talks, speaking about marketing in immersive environments.
2018 New England AZBEE award winner
In April 2018, Maria received the Silver Impact/Investigative award at the New England ASBPE Awards of Excellence for the article “What is a supply chain attack?”

Dec. 2017: Speaker at Stereopsia conference in Brussels, Belgium. Topic was women in virtual reality. Click here for slides.
Dec. 2017: Speaker at OpenSimulator Community Conference. Topic was a statistical overview of OpenSim development. Click here for slides.
Apr. 2017: Profiled in Viar360’s Women of VR – 35 Ladies Who Are Killing It In Virtual Reality
Aug. 2016: Mentioned in Marie Claire’s Virtual Reality Has a Female Mafia—and They’re Looking for New Recruits

May 2016: Interviewed by the BCC about how virtual reality will change our lives. Listen to the broadcast here. Read the transcript here.
Sep. 2015: Mentioned in Fortune’s Meet the women shaping our virtual future.
Latest Blog Posts
Virtual assistant illustration created with Midjourney. Read my Midjourney review here. I’m working on a lot of projects these days. As you can see from the site, I’m busy with enterprise technology articles. Plus, I’m the…
Writing is all about the text. But marketing and promotion is often all about the images. Whether you’re sharing with your audience on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or your own blog, cool images make a big difference. At MetaStellar, we’re always…
A few days ago I wrote about how to use the free online app Miro to plot out a story. That’s all well and good if you already have an idea for a plot, and now just need to fine-tune…
A year ago, when the pandemic first hit, I wrote an article for CIO magazine about how to manage software development teams when you can’t meet in person. Many of the managers I spoke to said that they replaced the…
Last month, I posted an article about a bunch of ways writers can use to beat procrastination. But maybe you want to go deeper on the topic. Here are seven books on Amazon with over a 100 positive reviews that…
Have you ever stared at your screen or typewriter or notebook and couldn’t force yourself to write? You had the time block set aside for writing, and you can’t force yourself to get started. Maybe you didn’t even make it…