Abstract: A computer implemented method for compliance profiling, the method comprising creating an application security profile indicating a set of permissions enabled for a corresponding application, associating one or more source files corresponding to the application to a running workload, executing the running workload, capturing a workload security profile with respect to one or more operations executed by the running workload, wherein the workload security profile indicates a set of permissions utilized by the running workload, comparing the workload security profile and the application security profile to identify one or more differences, and recommending a change to the application security profile according to the identified one or more differences.