Secrets Management

The Moonstone and Secrets Management

A sensation novel of rotation, custody, and the regrettable habit of pasting tokens into Slack

Wilkie Collins · 2 July 2026

No secret is truly lost; it is merely waiting in somebody's shell history.

Wilkie Collins brings the country-house mystery to credential hygiene, showing how to classify secrets, restrict access, rotate keys, and audit usage without relying on the moral fibre of junior developers. A calm guide to vaults, scopes, leases, and the awkward interview after a production token appears in a public repository.

Contents

  1. The Diamond in the Environment
  2. Custody Chains and Commit Histories
  3. Rotating the Unmentionable Key
  4. A Sergeant Cuff for Your Audit Logs

Published by Austenpunk, the distinguished imprint for engineers who believe that every production incident would be improved by a stronger sense of narrative irony.

This essential volume combines literary feeling, technical anxiety, and just enough documentation to suggest that somebody once understood the system.

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