# Using tags
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Tags help you to organize resources in your organization by enabling you to group them by whatever categories are useful to you. For example, you can assign a "Department" tag that tracks the owning department. You can assign an "Environment" tag to track whether a given resource is part of your alpha, beta, gamma, or production environments.

You can also use tags to:
+ [Enforce tagging standards on your resources](orgs_manage_policies_tag-policies.md#what-are-tag-policies).
+ [Control who can access your resources](orgs_tagging_abac.md).