Security and SRE: How Datadog's combined approach aims to tackle security and reliability challenges

The Datadog article details how they revamped their roles and permissions system to scale security alongside their rapidly growing organization. They moved from broad, all-encompassing roles to granular, least-privilege access based on resource types and actions, improving both security posture and developer experience. This shift involved a robust design process, collaboration with engineering teams, and a focus on automation to manage permissions effectively.