Breach and attack simulation (BAS) tools buyer’s guide

Breach and attack simulation (BAS) tools buyer’s guide

Dec 18, 2024

From the editors of CSO, this enterprise buyer’s guide helps IT security staff understand what the various breach and attack…

10 quantum computing milestones of 2024

10 quantum computing milestones of 2024

Google claims breakthrough with Willow quantum computing chip but no real-world use yet

Google claims breakthrough with Willow quantum computing chip but no real-world use yet

Cost, security, and flexibility: the business case for open source gen AI

Cost, security, and flexibility: the business case for open source gen AI

Data center certifications target newcomers, experts, and sustainability pros

Data center certifications target newcomers, experts, and sustainability pros

Latest Appearances

MetaStellar Interview: How we launched in a pandemic

MetaStellar Interview: How we launched in a pandemic

Aug 5, 2021
Maria Korolov talks with the co-hosts of Long-Lost Friends, a show on the MetaStellar YouTube channel, about how MetaStellar was launched.
BrightTalk cybersecurity panel

BrightTalk cybersecurity panel

Oct 23, 2020
On Oct. 13, Maria Korolov moderated a BrightTalk panel, “Protecting Critical Infrastructure from Cyberattacks During Global Disruption.”  Watch the webinar on-demand here.
CIO Magazine New Reality Event

CIO Magazine New Reality Event

Sep 15, 2020
On Sep. 15, Maria Korolov was a speaker at a CIO magazine virtual event, “The New Business Process Mandate: AI & Automation.” Watch the on-demand session by clicking here.
Look Left podcast

Look Left podcast

May 12, 2020
On May 12, Maria Korolov was a guest on the Look Left Marketing podcast to talk about her career in journalism.  Listen to the podcast by clicking here.
IDG Tech Talk: CCPA Revisited

IDG Tech Talk: CCPA Revisited

Feb 18, 2020
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.

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

Data center growth puts unprecedented pressure on power grids
Network World

Data center growth puts unprecedented pressure on power grids

Jan 24, 2025

Data center power demand is spurred by AI and other high-performance computing needs, researchers say.

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Google claims breakthrough with Willow quantum computing chip but no real-world use yet
Network World

Google claims breakthrough with Willow quantum computing chip but no real-world use yet

Dec 11, 2024
Google’s breakthrough in speed and error correction with its new quantum chip, while not immediately useful for most businesses, accelerates the timeline for quantum-safe security preparation and signals a critical moment for technology leaders to begin strategic planning for the quantum era.
Cost, security, and flexibility: the business case for open source gen AI
CIO

Cost, security, and flexibility: the business case for open source gen AI

Dec 11, 2024
Commercial generative AI platforms like OpenAI and Anthropic get all the attention, but open source alternatives can offer cost benefits, security, and flexibility.
10 most critical LLM vulnerabilities
CSO

10 most critical LLM vulnerabilities

Dec 3, 2024
Prompt injection and supply chain vulnerabilities remain the main LLM vulnerabilities but as the technology evolves new risks come to light including system prompt leakage and misinformation.

Latest quantum computing articles

Quantum networking takes off… into space
Network World

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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Error-correction breakthroughs bring quantum computing a step closer
Network World

Error-correction breakthroughs bring quantum computing a step closer

Feb 21, 2024
Three startups have announced error-correction breakthroughs that could accelerate enterprise adoption of quantum computing.
Cybersecurity in a Post-Quantum World
Enter Quantum

Cybersecurity in a Post-Quantum World

Jun 7, 2023
Experts agree that future quantum computers will break most current encryption when they become sufficiently powerful. The code to do this – Shor’s algorithm – has already been written. It just needs a powerful enough quantum computer to run on. According to the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), a suitable quantum computer will be available by […]
Commercial quantum networks inch closer to primetime
Network World

Commercial quantum networks inch closer to primetime

Mar 23, 2023
The potential for attackers to use quantum computers to crack public key cryptography algorithms is driving research and investment in developing quantum-safe networks.

Latest Cybersecurity articles

10 most critical LLM vulnerabilities
CSO

10 most critical LLM vulnerabilities

Dec 3, 2024

Prompt injection and supply chain vulnerabilities remain the main LLM vulnerabilities but as the technology evolves new risks come to light including system prompt leakage and misinformation.

Read More
Ransomware recovery: 8 steps to successfully restore from backup
CSO

Ransomware recovery: 8 steps to successfully restore from backup

Sep 2, 2024
The best way to recover from a ransomware attack is to have a reliable and fast backup process. Here’s how to do it.
NIST finally settles on quantum-safe crypto standards
Network World

NIST finally settles on quantum-safe crypto standards

Aug 13, 2024
After years of review, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has chosen three encryption algorithms as the basis for its post-quantum security strategy.
Post-quantum encryption: Crypto flexibility will prepare firms for quantum threat, experts say
Network World

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.

Latest Networking articles

Network convergence will drive enterprise 6G wireless strategies
Network World

Network convergence will drive enterprise 6G wireless strategies

Jan 16, 2025

Enterprise wireless deployments are facing a significant inflection point, according to a new industry roadmap.

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Microsoft Entra Suite is late to the SSE pool but will still make waves
Network World

Microsoft Entra Suite is late to the SSE pool but will still make waves

Jul 24, 2024
Despite being late to market, Microsoft’s secure service edge (SSE) offering has some advantages, including cost and ties to Microsoft’s identity access management services.
Red Hat unveils image mode for its Linux distro
Network World

Red Hat unveils image mode for its Linux distro

May 9, 2024
New container image deployment method for Red Hat Enterprise Linux is aimed at helping enterprises streamline operations and management.
Intel builds world’s largest neuromorphic system
Network World

Intel builds world’s largest neuromorphic system

Apr 17, 2024
Code-named Hala Point, the brain-inspired system packs 1,152 Loihi 2 processors in a data center chassis the size of a microwave oven.
Data centers warm up to liquid cooling
Network World

Data centers warm up to liquid cooling

Apr 1, 2024
AI, machine learning, and high-performance computing are creating cooling challenges for data center owners and operators. As rack densities increase and temperatures rise, more data centers are finding ways to add liquid cooling to their facilities.
AI-powered 6G wireless promises big changes
Network World

AI-powered 6G wireless promises big changes

Feb 12, 2024
The next-gen technology is still years away, but 6G wireless could enable futuristic high-bandwidth, low-latency applications.

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 here. Read the transcript here.

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

Latest Blog Posts

Where to find low-cost, pre-made covers for spec fic books

Dec 17, 2020
Where to find low-cost, pre-made covers for spec fic books

Pre-made book cover sites offer low-cost, professional-looking covers for independent authors.

Body language master list for writers

Dec 17, 2020
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“Show, don’t tell” is the first lesson of Fiction Writing 101, and one of the easiest and quickest fixes is to replace the emotional adverbs…

Resources for writers

Sep 7, 2020
Resources for writers

Our master list of best resources for writers of fantasy, horror and sci-fi. Writing advice sites Writer’s Knowledge Base:  Huge database of more than 40,000…

MetaStellar site soft launch

Aug 6, 2020
MetaStellar site soft launch

We’ve just started doing the initial design of the website for MetaStellar, our new magazine of speculative fiction. The magazine will officially launch on September…

14 Reasons to Use Google Docs to Write

Aug 3, 2020
14 Reasons to Use Google Docs to Write

I use Google Docs. Most writers use Microsoft Word, Scrivener, or Google Docs to write their novels, with a few other, lesser-known platforms thrown in.…

Writing Advice Sites

Aug 3, 2020
Writing Advice Sites

Our list of great sites for beginning speculative fiction writers. Writer’s Knowledge Base Huge database of more than 40,000 articles about writing. Always my favorite…