diff --git a/.github/workflows/governance.yml b/.github/workflows/governance.yml
index 5a8861a..8257ef9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/governance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/governance.yml
@@ -32,3 +32,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   governance:
     uses: hyperpolymath/standards/.github/workflows/governance-reusable.yml@bd0df9ead7faf0cdfe0e13e7966d91e28d0101d4
+      permissions:
+        actions: read
+        contents: read
+        security-events: write
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mirror.yml b/.github/workflows/mirror.yml
index 747919b..519d0a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mirror.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mirror.yml
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@ jobs:
   mirror:
     uses: hyperpolymath/standards/.github/workflows/mirror-reusable.yml@bd0df9ead7faf0cdfe0e13e7966d91e28d0101d4
     secrets: inherit
+      permissions:
+        actions: read
+        contents: read
+        security-events: write
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml b/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
index 188f89f..fab04d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ permissions: read-all
 jobs:
   analysis:
     permissions:
+      actions: read
       # A job-level `permissions:` block REPLACES the default grant, so
       # `contents` must be listed explicitly: the reusable declares
       # `permissions: contents: read` at workflow_call level, and a reusable
diff --git a/.github/workflows/secret-scanner.yml b/.github/workflows/secret-scanner.yml
index 1be37a2..d7e8e73 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/secret-scanner.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/secret-scanner.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   scan:
     permissions:
+      actions: read
+      security-events: write
       contents: read
     uses: hyperpolymath/standards/.github/workflows/secret-scanner-reusable.yml@bd0df9ead7faf0cdfe0e13e7966d91e28d0101d4
     secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/spark-theatre-gate.yml b/.github/workflows/spark-theatre-gate.yml
index fef4889..6ac378c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spark-theatre-gate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spark-theatre-gate.yml
@@ -20,3 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     with:
       paths: "."
       enforce_zero_contract: false
+      permissions:
+        actions: read
+        contents: read
+        security-events: write