diff --git a/.github/workflows/governance.yml b/.github/workflows/governance.yml
index 98ce45b..0f5de91 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/governance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/governance.yml
@@ -35,3 +35,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   governance:
     uses: hyperpolymath/standards/.github/workflows/governance-reusable.yml@84355587cb2a1f86e6882de83514a32db2646e7a
+      permissions:
+        actions: read
+        contents: read
+        security-events: write
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mirror.yml b/.github/workflows/mirror.yml
index e3965f1..d88bd3a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mirror.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mirror.yml
@@ -16,3 +16,7 @@ jobs:
   mirror:
     uses: hyperpolymath/standards/.github/workflows/mirror-reusable.yml@84355587cb2a1f86e6882de83514a32db2646e7a
     secrets: inherit
+      permissions:
+        actions: read
+        contents: read
+        security-events: write
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/rust-ci.yml
index 4034d04..422143c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust-ci.yml
@@ -18,3 +18,7 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   rust-ci:
     uses: hyperpolymath/standards/.github/workflows/rust-ci-reusable.yml@84355587cb2a1f86e6882de83514a32db2646e7a # re-pinned 2026-07-01: toolchain-required-input fix (standards#439)
+      permissions:
+        actions: read
+        contents: read
+        security-events: write
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml b/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
index f0ab594..dc917bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scorecard.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ jobs:
   analysis:
     uses: hyperpolymath/standards/.github/workflows/scorecard-reusable.yml@84355587cb2a1f86e6882de83514a32db2646e7a
     permissions:
+      actions: read
       contents: read
       security-events: write
       id-token: write
diff --git a/.github/workflows/secret-scanner.yml b/.github/workflows/secret-scanner.yml
index 533f504..cc2ccf7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/secret-scanner.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/secret-scanner.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   scan:
     permissions:
+      actions: read
+      security-events: write
       contents: read
     uses: hyperpolymath/standards/.github/workflows/secret-scanner-reusable.yml@84355587cb2a1f86e6882de83514a32db2646e7a
     secrets: inherit