diff --git a/.github/workflows/governance.yml b/.github/workflows/governance.yml
index faff36b..3c23612 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/governance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/governance.yml
@@ -37,3 +37,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   governance:
     uses: hyperpolymath/standards/.github/workflows/governance-reusable.yml@fcb566cfb8a86cea2d3666bf65a4f177a49b1313
+      permissions:
+        actions: read
+        contents: read
+        security-events: write
diff --git a/.github/workflows/secret-scanner.yml b/.github/workflows/secret-scanner.yml
index 66890b6..e0ff821 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/secret-scanner.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/secret-scanner.yml
@@ -22,3 +22,7 @@ jobs:
   secret-scan:
     uses: hyperpolymath/standards/.github/workflows/secret-scanner-reusable.yml@fcb566cfb8a86cea2d3666bf65a4f177a49b1313
     secrets: inherit
+      permissions:
+        actions: read
+        contents: read
+        security-events: write