# Secrets Management / Operational Complexity

> "secrets-management" (security-core layer) is traded against "Operational Complexity" (structural-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Operational Complexity" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:operational-complexity-secrets-management`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-operational-complexity-secrets-management

## tensions-with

- [Secrets Management](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/secrets-management.md)
- [Operational Complexity](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/operational-complexity.md)