As businesses increasingly shift towards digital and internet-based solutions, the demand for efficient API gateway governance strategies has become paramount, particularly as companies adopt microservices, Kubernetes, and service mesh technologies to accelerate product deployment. This shift results in more services and connections, necessitating robust API governance to manage the complexity and maintain control. Kong offers solutions for API gateway governance through automation, declarative configuration, and OpenID Connect, enabling organizations to implement standards-based authentication and authorization frameworks. By providing tools such as Kong Mesh, companies can establish zero-trust networks, ensuring secure and reliable communication between services without requiring developers to embed network reliability and security into their code. As the number of services grows, Kong's solutions facilitate the standardization of API experiences, promoting wider adoption and usage while allowing developers to manage their workspaces autonomously and efficiently.