diff --git a/.snyk b/.snyk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f2e2323031d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.snyk
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Snyk (https://snyk.io) policy file, patches or ignores known vulnerabilities.
+version: v1.10.1
+ignore: {}
+# patches apply the minimum changes required to fix a vulnerability
+patch:
+  'npm:hawk:20160119':
+    - '@google-cloud/common > log-driver > codecov.io > request > hawk':
+        patched: '2018-02-10T05:03:15.448Z'
+  'npm:request:20160119':
+    - '@google-cloud/common > log-driver > codecov.io > request':
+        patched: '2018-02-10T05:03:15.448Z'
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 337fa4f8194..e68db36328f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -44,10 +44,16 @@
     "snippet-test": "mocha --timeout 5000 --bail test/docs.js",
     "system-test": "mocha packages/*/system-test/*.js --no-timeouts --bail",
     "cover": "istanbul cover _mocha --report lcovonly -x 'packages/*/src/v*/*.js' -- --no-timeouts --bail packages/*/test/*.js -R spec",
-    "coveralls": "npm run cover && cat ./coverage/lcov.info | ./node_modules/coveralls/bin/coveralls.js && rm -rf ./coverage"
+    "coveralls": "npm run cover && cat ./coverage/lcov.info | ./node_modules/coveralls/bin/coveralls.js && rm -rf ./coverage",
+    "snyk-protect": "snyk protect",
+    "prepublish": "npm run snyk-protect"
   },
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=0.12.0"
+  },
+  "snyk": true,
+  "dependencies": {
+    "snyk": "^1.69.7"
   }
 }