What is the primary purpose of a mail policy in an email security gateway?

To encrypt all email messages in transit using TLS

To define rules that control email flow based on sender, recipient, content, and actions

To quarantine all incoming email for manual review

To authenticate email senders using SPF, DKIM, and DMARC

Which encryption approach protects the email message content itself, regardless of the transport path?

Message-level encryption such as S/MIME

Which of the following is a typical action that a mail policy can apply to an email message?

Change the sender's email address

What is the primary goal of a Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policy in email security?

To authenticate email senders using SPF and DKIM

To quarantine all inbound email for manual review

To encrypt all email messages using S/MIME

To detect and prevent the transmission of sensitive data in email messages and attachments

Which of the following is a common method used by DLP policies to identify sensitive data in email?

Checking the sender's IP address against a blacklist

Analyzing the email's routing path

Pattern matching for credit card numbers or social security numbers

Verifying the email's DKIM signature

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What is the primary goal of a Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policy in email security?
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Which of the following is a common method used by DLP policies to identify sensitive data in email?
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