When you’re a small company with a handful of operationally minded folks, it can be hard to justify investing in the more advanced security solutions with limited time and funding. While tools like SOPS provide a simple alternative, they have some inherent tradeoffs that can complicate its usage and auditing process. In this talk, I will discuss and demonstrate advantages to using a tool like 1Password, something most (if not all) people at your company should be using, to manage operational secrets at different scales.