A would be a misconfiguration of a system that allows the hacker to gain unauthorized access, whereas a is a combination of the likelihood that such a misconfiguration could happen, a hacker’s exploitation of it, and the impact if the event occurred. vulnerability, risk risk, vulnerability threat, risk risk, threat

Explanation:

Vulnerability is a cyber security term it means that the system is open and prone to attack. Vulnerabilities are exploited by attackers to get unauthorised access to to a computer system. To attack vulnerability  an attacker must have technique and tools that can connect to the vulnerability.

A risk is anything that can affect integrity, confidentiality or availability of data, unpatched operating system and misconfigured softwares are computer risks.

south, because if you took a map you would see texas is directly in the middle of east and west, but it is also downwards towards mexico, therefore it is south