Scenario: You have been hired as a network security

consultant by a medium$-$sized company. The

company has recently experienced a security

breach, and they have asked you to assess their

network security and provide recommendations to

improve it$.$

Based on the scenario, what steps would you take to

assess the company's network security? What

recommendations would you provide to the company

to improve their network security? Also come up with a real$-$world

scenario where a firewall and IDPS are

needed to protect a network from potential

threats. Present your scenario and explain

how the firewall and IDPS would be used in

that situation