diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 3076319..3845595 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand",
  "thiserror",
  "z32",
+ "zeroize",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -300,3 +301,9 @@ name = "z32"
 version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f4e62ec361f7259399a83b7983270dd0249067d94600c50475e65dca64e24083"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zeroize"
+version = "1.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "525b4ec142c6b68a2d10f01f7bbf6755599ca3f81ea53b8431b7dd348f5fdb2d"
diff --git a/kytz/Cargo.toml b/kytz/Cargo.toml
index f734c8f..14cfebc 100644
--- a/kytz/Cargo.toml
+++ b/kytz/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ bytes = "1.5.0"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 thiserror = "1.0.50"
 z32 = "1.0.2"
+zeroize = "1.7.0"
diff --git a/kytz/src/crypto/keys.rs b/kytz/src/crypto/keys.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 0bb4d76..0000000
--- a/kytz/src/crypto/keys.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-//! Keypairs.
-
-use crate::crypto::Key;
-
-/// Generate a random secret seed.
-pub fn generate_seed() -> Key {
-    rand::random()
-}
diff --git a/kytz/src/crypto/mod.rs b/kytz/src/crypto/mod.rs
index dd6fa58..6ca5ffc 100644
--- a/kytz/src/crypto/mod.rs
+++ b/kytz/src/crypto/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 pub mod encryption;
-pub mod keys;
 pub mod passphrase;
 pub mod seed;
 
@@ -7,3 +6,13 @@ pub mod seed;
 pub type Key = [u8; bessie::KEY_LEN];
 /// A 24 bytes Nonce or salt.
 pub type Nonce = [u8; bessie::NONCE_LEN];
+
+/// Generate a random secret seed.
+pub fn generate_seed() -> Key {
+    rand::random()
+}
+
+/// Generate a random secret seed.
+pub fn generate_salt() -> Nonce {
+    rand::random()
+}
diff --git a/kytz/src/crypto/seed.rs b/kytz/src/crypto/seed.rs
index 9ef9907..e8205f6 100644
--- a/kytz/src/crypto/seed.rs
+++ b/kytz/src/crypto/seed.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 //! Seed file contains a seed encrypted with a strong passphrase.
 
 use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
+use zeroize::Zeroize;
 
 use crate::{
     crypto::{
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ const VERSION: u8 = 0;
 /// Encrypt the seed with a strong passphrase, and return an [encrypted seed
 /// file](../../../design/seed.md).
 pub fn encrypt_seed(seed: &Key, passphrase: &str) -> Bytes {
-    let encryption_key = derive_encrypiton_key(passphrase);
+    let mut encryption_key = derive_encryption_key(passphrase);
 
     let mut seed_file = BytesMut::with_capacity(SEED_SCHEME.len() + 33);
     seed_file.extend_from_slice(SEED_SCHEME);
@@ -32,9 +33,12 @@ pub fn encrypt_seed(seed: &Key, passphrase: &str) -> Bytes {
 
     seed_file.extend_from_slice(z32::encode(&suffix).as_bytes());
 
+    encryption_key.zeroize();
+
     seed_file.freeze()
 }
 
+/// Decrypt the [seed file](../../../design/seed.md).
 pub fn decrypt_seed(seed_file: Bytes, passphrase: &str) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
     if !seed_file.starts_with(SEED_SCHEME) {
         return Err(Error::Generic("Not a Kytz seed".to_string()));
@@ -52,14 +56,19 @@ pub fn decrypt_seed(seed_file: Bytes, passphrase: &str) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
 }
 
 fn decrypted_seed_v0(suffix: &[u8], passphrase: &str) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
-    let encryption_key = derive_encrypiton_key(passphrase);
+    let mut encryption_key = derive_encryption_key(passphrase);
     let encrypted_seed = &suffix[1..];
 
-    decrypt(&encryption_key, encrypted_seed)
+    let decrypted_seed = decrypt(&encryption_key, encrypted_seed);
+
+    // Empty the encryption key in memory.
+    encryption_key.zeroize();
+
+    decrypted_seed
 }
 
 /// Derive a secret key from a strong passphrase for encrypting/decrypting the seed.
-fn derive_encrypiton_key(passphrase: &str) -> Key {
+fn derive_encryption_key(passphrase: &str) -> Key {
     // Argon2 with default params (Argon2id v19)
     let hasher = argon2::Argon2::default();
 
@@ -84,8 +93,8 @@ mod test {
     use std::time::Instant;
 
     use super::*;
-    use crate::crypto::keys::*;
     use crate::crypto::passphrase::*;
+    use crate::crypto::*;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_encrypt_decrypt_seed() {
@@ -94,7 +103,7 @@ mod test {
 
         let encrypted_seed_file = encrypt_seed(&seed, &passphrase);
 
-        dbg!(&encrypted_seed_file);
+        // dbg!(&encrypted_seed_file);
 
         let start = Instant::now();
         let decrypted_seed = decrypt_seed(encrypted_seed_file, &passphrase)