11 key roles for AI success

11 key roles for AI success

Oct 17, 2024

To maximize the business value of artificial intelligence, AI teams require a diverse range of skills and roles, from data…

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

IT leaders: What’s the gameplan as tech badly outpaces talent?

IT leaders: What’s the gameplan as tech badly outpaces talent?

Mar 13, 2025

With the pace of gen AI adoption accelerating across all business sectors and functions, required skills are increasingly in demand — but the people out there able to meet needs are in short supply.

11 key roles for AI success

11 key roles for AI success

Oct 17, 2024
To maximize the business value of artificial intelligence, AI teams require a diverse range of skills and roles, from data scientists and domain experts, to strategic decision-makers.
10 most critical LLM vulnerabilities

10 most critical LLM vulnerabilities

Oct 15, 2024
From prompt injections to model theft, OWASP has identified the most prevalent and impactful vulnerabilities found in AI applications based on large language models (LLMs).
Cloudera jockeys for AI platform prominence

Cloudera jockeys for AI platform prominence

Oct 10, 2024
Cloudera is using partnerships and acquisitions in its bid to become the platform of choice for data, analytics, and enterprise AI .

Latest quantum computing articles

Quantum networking takes off… into space

Quantum networking takes off… into space

Sep 10, 2024

Boeing plans to send a satellite into space to facilitate quantum communications, the company announced at the Quantum World Congress.

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China’s Quantum Net Advance Offers a Glimpse into the Future of Enterprise Security

Sep 20, 2017
Chinese companies actively productizing quantum key distribution, which pushes communications security to a new level Earlier this month, China’s official news agency Xinhua announced the launch of a secure quantum communications network between Shanghai and Beijing. The 2,000 kilometer (1,243 mile) backbone will be used for military and government communications, but also in commercial areas […]
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Quantum Computing Could Make Today’s Encryption Obsolete

Jul 19, 2017
Researchers at top university and corporate labs around the world are in a furious race to create the first practical, usable quantum computer. Quantum computers — which use quantum bits, or qubits — are capable of running computations impossible for existing technology. It promises to open up new possibilities in areas like medical research, artificial […]
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Experts split on how soon quantum computing is coming, but say we should start preparing now

Dec 22, 2016
Whether quantum computing promises to make current encryption methods obsolete.

Latest Cybersecurity articles

Post-quantum encryption: Crypto flexibility will prepare firms for quantum threat, experts say

Post-quantum encryption: Crypto flexibility will prepare firms for quantum threat, experts say

Aug 7, 2024

NIST standards for quantum-safe encryption are due out this summer. As quantum computing advances, enterprises need to consider their encryption infrastructure and post-quantum security strategies.

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3 strategies that can help stop ransomware before it becomes a crisis

Aug 16, 2023
For those hoping to avoid the pay-or-not-to-pay ransomware dilemma, there are three things to focus on that can help CISOs: create incident response plans, improve cybersecurity posture, and invest in robust backups.
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Hybrid mesh firewall platforms gain interest as management challenges intensify

Aug 15, 2023
Different types of firewalls, including hardware, virtual, cloud-native, and firewall as a service, can be deployed and managed from a central interface with a hybrid mesh firewall platform.
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Why API attacks are increasing and how to avoid them

Jul 25, 2023
Growing use of APIs give attackers more ways to break authentication controls, exfiltrate data, or perform disruptive acts.

Latest Networking articles

VMware upgrades software-defined edge for AI workloads

VMware upgrades software-defined edge for AI workloads

Aug 27, 2024

VMware added connectivity options and traffic-management capabilities to its software-defined edge products to better support generative AI workloads.

How SASE uses AI

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.
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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.
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10 ways IT can navigate the chip shortage

Mar 23, 2022
Buying used gear, extending the life of existing IT equipment, and considering cloud alternatives are among the tactics industry watchers recommend for dealing with the ongoing semiconductor shortage.
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Gartner: SSE is SASE minus the SD-WAN

Mar 7, 2022
Security service edge (SSE) bundles a cloud access security broker, secure web gateway and ZTNA, according to Gartner.
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Top 10 outages of 2021

Jan 31, 2022
Cisco-owned network intelligence company ThousandEyes reveals the 10 biggest outages of 2021.

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

The new scarcity: valuable work

Feb 8, 2009
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In the past, wars were fought over resources. The definition of power was the ability to collect a great deal of physical wealth — land,…

A walk down the fake DVD lane

Feb 6, 2009
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Back in the old days … 2004 … we had to buy our foreign-language books in hotel shops — and had as many as five…

Rebranding

Jan 3, 2009
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A Massachusetts court signed off on my divorce last week – after about three years of separation in which my ex and I weren’t in…

Finally — email inbox success

Jan 2, 2009
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I’ve finally found a system that works for keeping my inbox at a manageable size (one screen or less), a variation of the GTD system.…

Content management systems — the good, the bad, and the ugly

Jul 31, 2008
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Today (well, it’s after midnight, so it was yesterday) I attended a Meetup of the Northampton Web Developers/ Web Designers Meetup Group. Excellent, excellent meeting.…

The future of the Internet is coming on

Jun 16, 2008
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I don’t know if anyone remembers this, but there used to be days… the days of BitNet… when using the Internet meant a command-line interface…