An attacker uses a large collection of known potential passwords from a variety of sources in an attempt to guess weak and commonly used passwords. This password cracking technique is known as a ____________ attack. 

Due to an increasing amount of risk from phishing and other social engineering attacks, many organizations are requiring users to implement ____________ to access their accounts.  This increases security by combining more than one form of authentication, such as a password and authentication app or a smart card and pin number. 

____________ is defined as the process of creating and maintaining information systems.

____________ authentication uses an individual’s personal physical characteristics such as fingerprints or facial features to verify their identity.

Phobos, a cloud vendor, leases a cloud service that includes a fully-managed infrastructure, virtualization, operating system, and other software. Customers leasing this service can then install and operate their own applications and store data on E-Corp’s cloud. Which of the following cloud-based offerings is Phobos providing to their customers?

Variables that refer to numerically measurable characteristics are known as ____________ variables. 

Any measure taken by individuals or organizations to prevent a threat from reaching its target is known as a(n) ____________.

A ____________ variable is one that refers to categories, characteristics, or qualities that cannot be measured numerically.

Futurists and technologists have publically voiced concerns about the risks an unrestrained artificial intelligence could pose to humanity. Their primary concern is the rise of an Artificial __________________ which would have capabilities beyond that of humans.

A botnet, made of compromised computers all over the world, floods Stream Systems servers with billions of illegitimate service requests which prevent them from responding to legitimate requests. In this scenario, the threat to Stream Systems is in the form of a ____________ attack.