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

5 top business use cases for AI agents

5 top business use cases for AI agents

Mar 19, 2025

AI agents are poised to transform the enterprise landscape, from automating mundane tasks to driving customer service and innovation. But having strong guardrails in place will be key to success.

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

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

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

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

Microsoft braids anyons into topological cubits on new Majorana quantum chip

Microsoft braids anyons into topological cubits on new Majorana quantum chip

Feb 19, 2025

Majorana 1 is the first quantum processor with a topological core, designed to scale to a million qubits on a single chip.

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What is Quantum Computing and What Does It Have to Do with Encryption?

Oct 21, 2022
Data center cybersecurity managers need to start planning now for when quantum computing breaks current encryption standards.
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Managing Encryption for Data Centers Is Hard. And It Will Get Harder

Feb 16, 2021
DATA CENTER KNOWLEDGE–With multi-cloud already here and quantum computing on the horizon, most should probably leave encryption to the experts.
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Quantum Teleportation Makes Progress, But Toward What?

Feb 2, 2021
DATA CENTER KNOWLEDGE–What could scientists’ recent success in teleporting quantum states mean for data centers of the future?

Latest Cybersecurity articles

Ransomware recovery: 8 steps to successfully restore from backup

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.

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3 ways to fix old, unsafe code that lingers from open-source and legacy programs

Nov 29, 2023
Code vulnerability is not only a risk of open-source code, with many legacy systems still in use — whether out of necessity or lack of visibility — the truth is that cybersecurity teams will inevitably need to address the problem.
Data loss prevention vendors tackle gen AI data risks

Data loss prevention vendors tackle gen AI data risks

Oct 31, 2023
Businesses are using DLP tools to help secure generative AI and reduce risks of ChatGPT and similar applications.
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5 areas where zero trust can’t protect your organization

Sep 11, 2023
With growing adoption of zero trust, CISOs must look at all possible blind spots across the organization, be that unmonitored IoT devices or third-party systems, to ensure attackers can’t find a way in.

Latest Networking articles

Data center certifications target newcomers, experts, and sustainability pros

Data center certifications target newcomers, experts, and sustainability pros

Dec 9, 2024

Data center certifications remain valuable for IT career advancement even as the industry transforms, with programs adapting to cover everything from traditional infrastructure to AI, sustainability, and security.

Commercial quantum networks inch closer to primetime

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.
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Enterprises turn to single-vendor SASE for ease of manageability

Feb 2, 2023
Getting the full SASE stack of networking and security capabilities from a single vendor can simplify deployment and management, but there are downsides to consider.
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NTT, Palo Alto partner for managed SASE with AIOps

Feb 2, 2023
Using a managed services provider to deliver SASE can streamline deployment and free up enterprise resources.
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Pros and cons of managed SASE

Jan 20, 2023
Managed SASE can be appealing for enterprises that want a single provider for deployment and management of WAN and security infrastructure, but there can be tradeoffs depending on provider flexibility, platform interoperability, and cost.
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What to expect from SASE certifications

Jan 13, 2023
SASE certification options are expanding, with Palo Alto joining Cato Networks, Netskope and Versa Networks. Are they worth the effort?

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

Maria and Fons on the radio

Dec 8, 2010
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My business partner Fons Tuinstra and I were interviewed today by David Iwinski of American Entrepreneur Radio on his The International Capitalist best two-way radio…

The Media versus Marginal Cost

Jul 13, 2010
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If you have two companies producing the same product then, over time, the price to the consumer will eventually start to hover just above the…

Free content isn’t killing journalism

Jun 29, 2010
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Another one of our clients — a Wall Street newspaper — shut down publication this month. A couple of staffers were reassigned, the rest laid-off.…

Two paths from DabbleDB

Jun 29, 2010
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Over the past few years, my company has become very dependent on DabbleDB, an online relational database run by a Canadian startup — since sold…

Working in the sun

Jun 25, 2010
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I do not, normally, consider myself a low-energy person — I am, after all, running two companies (Trombly International and the China Speakers Bureau) and…

Migrating away from DabbleDB

Jun 12, 2010
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DabbleDB, the online relational database platform that our company runs on, has been bought by Twitter. And, according to Dabble’s founders, Twitter has no interest…