Early adopters embrace private 5G
The appeal of private 5G is driving companies to explore ways to improve the performance, scalability and flexibility of their…
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 or editor.
Latest AI articles
AI in cybersecurity: Raising the stakes for enterprise defense
Artificial intelligence is supercharging the cyberwarfare between attackers and victims. Enterprises, governments and other organizations now have access to more powerful weapons in their defensive arsenal with AI – but so do malevolent hackers. Today’s cybersecurity experts are being overwhelmed by the volume, speed and complexity of cyberattacks. These machine-speed attacks can only be countered with machine-speed defenses through AI/ML. This report examines the ways enterprises can use AI to enhance cybersecurity throughout their organizations as well as reveal the methods malevolent actors…
10 key roles for AI success
Traditional BI vs. self-service BI shouldn’t be a choice
Making the most of MLOps
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…
Fantastic Open Source Cybersecurity Tools and Where to Find Them
Microchip Adds Real-Time Security to Its Root of Trust Silicon Tech
Machine Identity Management: A Fast-Growing Frontier of 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…
Gartner: SSE is SASE minus the SD-WAN
Top 10 outages of 2021
Space is the final frontier for data centers
latest Appearances
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. 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.
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?”
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
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.
