diff --git a/__security/secrets/Cargo.lock b/__security/secrets/Cargo.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..242d917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__security/secrets/Cargo.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
+# It is not intended for manual editing.
+version = 3
+
+[[package]]
+name = "libc"
+version = "0.2.134"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "329c933548736bc49fd575ee68c89e8be4d260064184389a5b77517cddd99ffb"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pkg-config"
+version = "0.3.25"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1df8c4ec4b0627e53bdf214615ad287367e482558cf84b109250b37464dc03ae"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "secrets"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "secrets 1.2.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "secrets"
+version = "1.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f51745a213c4a2acabad80cd511e40376996bc83db6ceb4ebc7853d41c597988"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "vcpkg"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
diff --git a/__security/secrets/Cargo.toml b/__security/secrets/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68e7924
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__security/secrets/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[package]
+name = "secrets"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+secrets = "1.2"
+
+
diff --git a/__security/secrets/src/main.rs b/__security/secrets/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b09f851
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__security/secrets/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+use secrets::Secret;
+
+fn main() {
+    Secret::<[u8; 16]>::random(|s| {
+        // use `s` as if it were a `&mut [u8; 16]`
+        //
+        // the memory is `mlock(2)`ed and will be zeroed when this closure
+        // exits
+        println!("{:?}", s);
+        println!("{:?}", *s);
+    });
+}