As your team scales, manual secrets management becomes increasingly difficult to maintain, hindering growth and development. Signs that it's time to evolve your strategy include spending an excessive amount of time on secrets management, managing a large number of secrets, or handling protected data types like PHI or PII that require robust security infrastructure. These challenges can lead to legal compliance issues and data breaches if not addressed promptly. Implementing a centralized secrets manager can help teams stay secure, aligned, and focused on building by automating the process and reducing manual actions, ultimately returning time and resources to the team immediately.