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.

Unlocking the hidden value of dark data

Maria KorolovAug 11, 2022

IT leaders seeking to derive business value from the data their companies collect face myriad challenges. Perhaps the least understood…

Who’s selling private 5G and what do you get?

Aug 8, 2022

Data lakehouses give enterprises analytics edge

Jul 11, 2022

6 signs your IAM strategy is failing, and how to fix it

Jul 5, 2022

Latest Appearances

Latest AI articles

CIO

Unlocking the hidden value of dark data

Aug 11, 2022

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…

CIO

Data lakehouses give enterprises analytics edge

Jul 11, 2022

Blending the structure of data warehouses and the flexibility of data lakes, data lakehouses are proving to be versatile tools for making the most of any data you want to collect.

CIO

Computer vision is primed for business value

Jun 23, 2022

Companies across a range of industries are deploying image- and video-based artificial intelligence to improve and optimize key business processes and products.

CSO

9 ways hackers will use machine learning to launch attacks

Jun 13, 2022

Machine learning algorithms will improve security solutions, helping human analysts triage threats and close vulnerabilities quicker. But they are also going to help threat actors launch bigger, more complex attacks.

Latest Cybersecurity articles

CSO

6 signs your IAM strategy is failing, and how to fix it

Jul 5, 2022

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…

CSO

Adversarial machine learning explained: How attackers disrupt AI and ML systems

Jun 28, 2022

Threat actors have several ways to fool or exploit artificial intelligence and machine learning systems and models, but you can defend against their tactics.

CSO

9 ways hackers will use machine learning to launch attacks

Jun 13, 2022

Data Center Knowledge

Bugs in the data center: How social engineering impacts physical security

Jun 9, 2022

A closer look at how one penetration testing firm was able to breach the physical security of a data center in less than a week, posing as the pest control company.

Latest Networking articles

Network World

Who’s selling private 5G and what do you get?

Aug 8, 2022

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…

Network World

Private 5G promising for enterprises, but growth stymied by pandemic, lack of hardware

Jun 23, 2022

It’s still early days for private 5G networks, as a majority of enterprises are waiting for devices to mature, standards to progress, and solid use cases to emerge.

Network World

How SASE uses AI

Apr 18, 2022

SASE vendors are applying AI and machine learning to the network- and security-related data they collect to sharpen analytics, tighten security and boost performance.

Network World

Who’s selling SASE and what do you get?

Apr 7, 2022

SASE rolls networking and security into a cloud service, making it easier for enterprises to provide simple, secure access to corporate resources. Many vendors offer SASE services, but what they actually provide and how they provide it varies widely.

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?”