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.

Follow her on Twitter at @MariaKorolov, on Threads at @MariaKorolov, and check out her latest videos on the Maria Korolov YouTube channel.

Latest AI articles

Keynote speaker at Data & AI Summit

Keynote speaker at Data & AI Summit

Mar 26, 2024

Maria Korolov was the keynote speaker at the Data & AI Summit 2024 in Lima, Peru. It was a sold-out event that brought in executive leaders, entrepreneurs and experts in the practice of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence applied to the business world. There were more than 1,000 attendees and over 100 speakers from around the world, including senior executives from Google, Microsoft, Dell,  and PwC. Maria Korolov spoke about…

10 enterprise AI trends for 2022

10 enterprise AI trends for 2022

Mar 3, 2022
Enterprise AI is maturing quickly, with companies shifting to business-first AI strategies and AI benefits being sought out across the organization.
Your AI strategy’s secret ingredient

Your AI strategy’s secret ingredient

Feb 9, 2022
Taking a people-centered approach to rolling out artificial intelligence initiatives is the key to success, experts say. Here’s how to ensure your AI efforts are ‘augmenting’ the value employees bring to their work.
How to know when AI is the right solution

How to know when AI is the right solution

Jan 19, 2022
Business value, training data, and cultural readiness are essential for AI success. Without all three, traditional solutions are your best bet.

Latest quantum computing articles

Latest Cybersecurity articles

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Secure Cloud Environments on a Budget: Focus on the Essentials

Apr 5, 2023

As tech companies continue to lay off employees and cut budgets, data center managers will have to figure out how to get the most bang for their buck when securing cloud environments. Even the largest companies are slashing costs. For example, Meta announced a $4 billion cut in February, which included data center budget cuts. IT budgets are either flat or falling, said Juan Orlandini, chief architect and distinguished engineer at Insight.…

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API Attacks, Breaches Piling Up

Oct 14, 2021
APIs have emerged as a major attack vector, with only 6% of companies reporting no API-related security issues in the past year, according to one report. Find out why API security is so problematic.
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Five Functions That Benefit From Cybersecurity Automation

Oct 6, 2021
Businesses are facing staff shortages and budget constraints that impact their ability to maintain security. Cybersecurity automation, including AI-powered intelligent automation, is helping close the gap.
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SASE Model Proving Value Beyond Remote Work Scenarios

Sep 30, 2021
When the pandemic hit, enterprises rushed to the new cloud-based networking solutions for remote employees. Now it’s being applied to on-prem data centers and WANs.

Latest Networking articles

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IT supply issues have organizations shifting from just-in-time to just-in-case buying

Jan 6, 2023

The past three years have been an unprecedented period of disruption in the semiconductor industry. The Covid pandemic and ensuing lockdowns shut down manufacturing, there were interruptions in shipping, and then the war in Ukraine adversely impacted supplies of critical raw materials. The first half of 2022 saw 46% more supply chain disruptions than the first half of 2021, according to a research report released this fall by Resilinc, a supply chain resiliency company.…

latest Awards

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…