Continuous observability is about continuously observing an environment to ensure it remains secure, and it's a crucial aspect of DevSecOps, which merges development, security, and operations into a single approach. This practice combines security and compliance efforts, allowing organizations to automatically collect, manage, observe, and compare their environment against acceptable policy in real-time. The stakes are raised for observability with smart, edge devices, particularly those that are mission-critical, revenue-generating, or life-sustaining, as performance issues can result in significant consequences such as loss of customer happiness or brand reputation. To address this, organizations should strive for observability by design and default, considering how to observe and respond in a production environment from an early stage, as part of their governance frameworks.