diff --git a/system/shared/default.nix b/system/shared/default.nix
index 5ed5a2c..a93ddac 100644
--- a/system/shared/default.nix
+++ b/system/shared/default.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ _: {
     ./nix
     ./environment
     ./impermanence
+    ./security
     ./programs.nix
     ./system.nix
     ./network.nix
diff --git a/system/shared/security/apparmor.nix b/system/shared/security/apparmor.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44cc3c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/shared/security/apparmor.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+{ config, pkgs, ... }: {
+  services.dbus.apparmor = "enabled";
+
+  environment.systemPackages = with pkgs; [
+    apparmor-pam
+    apparmor-utils
+    apparmor-parser
+    apparmor-profiles
+    apparmor-bin-utils
+    apparmor-kernel-patches
+    libapparmor
+  ];
+
+  # apparmor configuration
+  security.apparmor = {
+    enable = true;
+
+    # whether to enable AppArmor cache
+    # in /var/cache/apparmor
+    enableCache = true;
+
+    # whether to kill processes which have an AppArmor profile enabled
+    # but are not confined (AppArmor can only confine new processes)
+    killUnconfinedConfinables = true;
+
+    # packages to be added to AppArmor's include path
+    packages = [pkgs.apparmor-profiles];
+
+    # AppArmor policies
+    policies = [
+      "default_deny" = {
+        enforce = false;
+        enable = false;
+        profile = ''
+          profile default_deny /** {}
+        '';
+      };
+
+      "sudo" = {
+        enforce = false;
+        enable = false;
+        profile = ''
+          ${pkgs.sudo}/bin/sudo {
+            file /** rwlkUx
+          }
+        '';
+      };
+
+      "nix" = {
+        enforce = false;
+        enable = false;
+        profile = ''
+          ${config.nix.package}/bin/nix {
+            unconfined
+          }
+        '';
+      };
+    ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/system/shared/security/default.nix b/system/shared/security/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df16fb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/shared/security/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  imports = [
+    ./apparmor.nix
+  ];
+}