Organizations use a diverse range of techniques in order to protect and label
confidential emails. One of the most common techniques is the encryption of
emails along with the server connections. Such an approach enables firms to
ensure that the contents of an email cannot be read by hackers or cybercriminals.
Another common technique involves scanning emails for content. Typically,
organizations use software products for filtering the content of emails to ascertain
whether appropriate language, images, etc., are present or not (Boatman, 2009).
Similarly, policy-based protection settings can also be adopted for controlling
access to information in emails and monitoring the sensitive data landscape of an
entity.
The Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) 2012 is a law that is implemented in
Singapore to protect data. The law fundamentally regulates the processing of
personal and sensitive data in the private sector landscape. It is similar to the
GDPR act since it encompasses a diverse range of rules regulating the collection,
