As organizations expand, managing observability resources becomes crucial, with an increase in dashboards, tags, API keys, and costs. Observability governance provides a framework for handling these challenges by managing data access, attributing costs, enforcing policies, and ensuring effective product usage. A well-structured governance strategy includes best practices such as tagging, access and key management, cost control, and onboarding alignment. Datadog offers tools to implement these strategies, helping organizations manage permissions, control costs, and align teams through features like tagging, usage attribution, and workflow automation. The Datadog Governance Console aids in visualizing and addressing compliance gaps, ensuring that observability data is managed securely and efficiently, allowing for scalable and cost-effective monitoring efforts.