A mid$-$sized company has recently faced several cybersecurity incidents. They need you as an ethical hacker to assess their security. Your task is to identify vulnerabilities and propose opinion to minimize. You are to provide recommendations based on the following areas:

$1.$Explain how would you perform network scanning to identify potential vulnerabilities in the company network. Provide and discuss tools you would use and the countermeasures you would suggest.

$2.$ Describe the enumeration process you would employ to gather information about the company running systems. What are the techniques and tools involved, and recommend countermeasures you use.

$3.$ Describe the methodology and tools you would use to identify and prioritize vulnerabilities. Explain how these findings can be used.

$4.$ Assess the risk of system hacking faced by the company. Describe potential system hacking techniques

Provide your answers per each question as follows:

Recommended Methodology$/$Tool:

$1-$ name and description $2$ Provided Example

$3$ Expected Results $4-$ Advantages $5-$ Disadvantages