How can DLP controls be integrated with mobile device security to protect data?

By allowing unrestricted personal app usage on corporate devices

By using only MDM without any DLP controls

By disabling all mobile device encryption

By applying DLP policies to mobile email and file-sharing apps

A financial services firm is deploying a DLP solution to detect credit card numbers in documents and emails. The DLP team needs to minimize false positives while ensuring that valid card numbers are detected. Which detection technique should the team configure as the primary method?

Machine learning classification trained on labeled email samples

Keyword matching for the term 'credit card'

Regex pattern matching with Luhn algorithm validation

Document fingerprinting against a database of known card numbers

What is a common consequence of mobile data leakage?

Unauthorized exposure of sensitive corporate data

In a DLP policy, what is the purpose of a 'rule'?

To determine which users have administrative access to the DLP console

To schedule regular backups of sensitive data repositories

To define specific conditions and actions for detecting and responding to data breaches

To set the encryption standard for all data stored in the cloud

What is the primary purpose of encrypting data on a mobile device?

To protect data at rest from unauthorized access if the device is lost or stolen

To allow the device to connect to public Wi-Fi

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