diff --git a/.snyk b/.snyk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a79800a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.snyk
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Snyk (https://snyk.io) policy file, patches or ignores known vulnerabilities.
+version: v1.7.0
+ignore: {}
+# patches apply the minimum changes required to fix a vulnerability
+patch:
+  'npm:ms:20170412':
+    - cloudant > debug > ms:
+        patched: '2017-05-23T07:20:11.648Z'
+    - bluemix-helper-config > cloudant > debug > ms:
+        patched: '2017-05-23T07:20:11.648Z'
+    - bluemix-helper-sso > bluemix-helper-config > cloudant > debug > ms:
+        patched: '2017-05-23T07:20:11.648Z'
+    - bluemix-helper-sso > express-session > debug > ms:
+        patched: '2017-05-23T07:20:11.648Z'
+    - morgan > debug > ms:
+        patched: '2017-05-23T07:20:11.648Z'
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0d9d93b..075e78e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
   "description": "Real time dashboard for the Twitter Sentiment analysis using Spark Streaming and Watson",
   "main": "server.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "postinstall": "node ./node_modules/bower/bin/bower cache clean && node ./node_modules/bower/bin/bower install"
+    "postinstall": "node ./node_modules/bower/bin/bower cache clean && node ./node_modules/bower/bin/bower install",
+    "snyk-protect": "snyk protect",
+    "prepublish": "npm run snyk-protect"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -29,11 +31,11 @@
     "cloudant": "^1.0.0",
     "cookie-parser": "~1.3.5",
     "d3": "<=3.5.0",
-    "debug": "~2.0.0",
+    "debug": "~2.6.7",
     "dotenv": "^1.2.0",
     "errorhandler": "~1.3.6",
     "express": "^4.10.6",
-    "express-session": "1.11.3",
+    "express-session": "1.15.3",
     "jsonfile": "^2.2.1",
     "jws": "0.2.5",
     "lodash": "~3.9.3",
@@ -52,12 +54,14 @@
     "superagent": "^1.4.0",
     "superagent-bluebird-promise": "^2.1.0",
     "when": "~3.7.3",
-    "ws": "~0.7.2"
+    "ws": "~0.7.2",
+    "snyk": "^1.30.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "mocha": "*"
   },
   "author": "david_taieb@us.ibm.com",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
-  "readmeFilename": "README.md"
+  "readmeFilename": "README.md",
+  "snyk": true
 }