About Maria Korolov

Maria Korolov is an award-winning tech journalist who covers cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and extended reality.

She’s also a science fiction author and the editor and founder of MetaStellar, an online magazine of speculative fiction, and of Hypergrid Business, one of the world’s top virtual reality blogs.

Contact her at maria@korolov.com to pitch articles or to hire her as writer, editor, or speaker at your event.

Latest AI articles

Data lakehouses give enterprises analytics edge

Data lakehouses give enterprises analytics edge

Jul 11, 2022

For enterprises looking to wrest the most value from their data, especially in real-time, the “data lakehouse” concept is starting to catch on. The idea behind the data lakehouse is to merge together the best of what data lakes and data warehouses have to offer, says Gartner analyst Adam Ronthal. Data warehouses, for their part, enable companies to store large amounts of structured data with well-defined schemas. They are designed…

Why more employees need data literacy skills

Why more employees need data literacy skills

Aug 4, 2020
TECHTARGET–Encouraging employees to learn data literacy skills can benefit any enterprise. Read on for some of the benefits and resources to take advantage of in building those skills.
Overcoming the top 3 analytics adoption challenges

Overcoming the top 3 analytics adoption challenges

Jul 2, 2020
TECHTARGET–Analytics is a growing part of many businesses. Experts talk about some of the most pressing challenges enterprises may face when implementing new analytics strategies.
9 emerging job roles for the future of AI

9 emerging job roles for the future of AI

Jul 2, 2020
Artificial intelligence is fast proving a business differentiator. Here are the key roles and skills you may soon need to fill for your AI A-team.

Latest quantum computing articles

Latest Cybersecurity articles

Top 5 security risks of Open RAN

Top 5 security risks of Open RAN

Aug 15, 2022

When a cell phone or other mobile device connects to the nearest cell tower, the communication takes place over something called a RAN — a radio access network. From the cell tower, the signal is then routed to a fiber or wireless backhaul connection to the core network. RANs RANs are proprietary to each equipment manufacturer. Open RAN, on the other hand, allows for interoperability that allows service providers to…

The Kaseya Ransomware Attack Is a Wakeup Call for MSP-Reliant IT Shops

The Kaseya Ransomware Attack Is a Wakeup Call for MSP-Reliant IT Shops

Jul 13, 2021
DATA CENTER KNOWLEDGE–The pandemic has driven more outsourcing to MSPs, making them prime targets for cybercriminals wanting to scale their attacks.
Security Problems Worsen as Enterprises Build Hybrid and Multicloud Systems

Security Problems Worsen as Enterprises Build Hybrid and Multicloud Systems

Jul 8, 2021
DATA CENTER KNOWLEDGE–Under pressure to accelerate cloud adoption, IT orgs often skip over crucial security planning steps.
Botnet attacks on APIs: Why most companies are unprepared

Botnet attacks on APIs: Why most companies are unprepared

Jun 29, 2021
CSO–The use of botnets to target applications for illegal and unethical purposes is growing, yet implementation of bot detection tools and best practices lags.

Latest Networking articles

Cisco CCIE certification explained

Cisco CCIE certification explained

Nov 23, 2021

Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert is Cisco’s most prestigious and most difficult certification to achieve, typically requiring years of industry experience and a deep understanding of networking technologies. The lab portion of the exam alone is eight hours long and costs $1,600, and candidates typically spend much more than that on preparatory courses. But professionals with the expert-level CCIE networking certification are in demand, and the value is reflected in significantly…

latest Awards

2020 National Gold Award Winner, ASBPE Awards of Excellence

Maria Korolov’s Network World article, Private 5G keeps Whirlpool driverless vehicles rolling, received top national honors.

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?

latest Appearances

older 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.

Jan. 2018: Maria Korolov talks with Sine Wave about “Succeeding As A Retailer In Immersive Worlds.” 

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

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May 2016: Interviewed by the BCC about how virtual reality will change our lives. Listen to the broadcast hereRead the transcript here.

Sep. 2015: Mentioned in Fortune’s Meet the women shaping our virtual future.

Latest Blog Posts

How to get started as a foreign correspondent

May 3, 2002
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Looking for outlets to send you abroad is actually the *last* step of a going-overseas process.The first thing is, you need to ask yourself a…

How to get into freelancing

Mar 2, 2002
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I’ve been a freelancer for most of the past ten years, and have also edited the work of many freelancers in various editing jobs. Read…