DASH 2025 Secure & Govern: Guide to Datadog's newest announcements

Datadog has introduced new features and enhancements to bolster security, compliance, and governance for cloud infrastructure. These updates include tag-based Data Access Controls and secret scanning to protect sensitive data, governance tools like the Governance Console and Fleet Automation, and the Security Graph for visualizing risks. The company has also improved its Cloud SIEM capabilities with anomaly and sequence detection to identify advanced threats. Secret Scanning, now in preview, helps detect embedded secrets in source code to prevent breaches. Datadog's Sensitive Data Scanner has been updated to identify human names in logs using machine learning, and the FIPS Agent ensures compliance with federal security standards. Datadog's Observability Pipelines support the Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework (OCSF) for standardized data processing, and Resource Policies allow for proactive governance of infrastructure with customizable templates. Additionally, Fleet Automation simplifies the process of upgrading Datadog Agents across infrastructure, and the new Cloudcraft Observability Overlay aids in identifying and managing observability blind spots. These features collectively aim to enhance security operations, compliance, and efficient resource management across cloud environments.