Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400-600

words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas:

Hackers do not simply compromise an existing system, they follow a methodology, and in the end they compromise vulnerabilities somewhere in the environment. Your boss has asked you to describe how a hacker accomplishes this task. To help understand this, provide your input to the following: Describe and define a vulnerability.

Describe and define an exploit.

Describe and define an attack.

Lastly, describe how all three of these concepts work together and lead to a compromised system.