Recent Appearances
| On Feb. 21, Maria Korolov was a guest on IDG Tech Talk to answer reader and viewer questions about the California Consumer Privacy Act. Watch the show on YouTube by clicking here. |  On Oct. 23, Maria Korolov was a guest speaker at InformaTech's Cybersecurity Bootcamp, talking about securing the virtual data center. See her presentation for free and download the slides here.
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8 PCI DSS questions every CISO should be able to answer
Any organization that processes credit card payments risks large fines and loss of their merchant accounts if they are not PCI DSS compliant when a breach occurs. Here’s what CISOs need to know.
Enterprises roll out private 5G while standards, devices, coverage evolve
Early adopters are beginning to test private 5G deployments, inspired by the promise of superior performance and support for previously infeasible applications.
5G is poised to transform manufacturing
5G wireless holds much promise for manufacturing facilities, largely for its speed and low latency, so a few early adopters are buying into the technology, but its pervasive use in factories is still years off.
Private 5G keeps Whirlpool driverless vehicles rolling
When interference disrupted the Wi-Fi guidance for driverless vehicles in one of its factories, bringing the vehicles to a halt and backing up production, Whirlpool turned to on-premises 5G through a partnership with AT&T.
The Promise of Intelligent Cybersecurity Is Starting to Come True, Slowly
Next-gen SIEMs, sandboxing, honeypots, penetration testing, and zero-trust are all now better because of new intelligence capabilities.
Key considerations for choosing embedded analytics tools
Many organizations benefit from using embedded analytics tools. Here’s a guide on some key things to consider before deciding on an embedded analytics vendor.
OpenSim Projects
$16 per month for a single island up to 16 standard regions in size, first month free from OpenSim Projects, […]
Great Canadian Grid shuts down
(Image courtesy The Great Canadian Grid.) The Great Canadian Grid shut down this morning, according to its website, and according […]
OpenSim land continues rising as users drop
The total size of the OpenSim metaverse grew this month, as 79 grids reported increases in land area, led by […]
HG Hoppers goes Medieval today
The HG Hoppers clubhouse on Craft World. (Image courtesy Reiner Schneeberger.) Epidemics on your mind? Then today’s virtual hypergrid field […]
OpenSim stats decline reversed this month
OpenSim stats reversed a multi-month land area decline this month, with slight upticks in regions and registered users. Active monthly […]
I’m using Zoom in my writing groups
The first virtual meeting of my local drop-in writers’ group, Belchertown Writers, took place on Sunday, Mar. 22 on Zoom. […]
Otter.AI just announced a great free deal on its transcription
Another tool useful for writers that I’ve talked about this one in writers’ meetings before is Otter.AI. It transcribes your […]
The tech journalist starter kit
A friend of a friend just called me, asking for advice on how to become a technology journalist. I promised […]
The Lost King of Krim hits multiple Amazon category bestseller lists
The Lost King of Krim, a novella of the Krim virtual world that was released last month, hit multiple Amazon […]
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