Analyze how information security

frameworks, offering benefits like

standardized practices and risk

management, could have prevented

security failings at Acme Ltd$.$ Consider how

the absence of a framework might have led

to inconsistencies and a reactive approach,

contributing to the phishing attack.

Recommend a framework like NIST CSF$,$

justifying its suitability $($flexibility$,$ risk$-$based$)$

for Acme Ltd$\text{'}$s scalability and industry

alignment needs. Focus on applying

framework concepts to analyze the impact

of their absence in this scenario.