diff --git a/doc/tool_usage_guide.md b/doc/tool_usage_guide.md
index 1d96035f132c..8a41fcee7135 100644
--- a/doc/tool_usage_guide.md
+++ b/doc/tool_usage_guide.md
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ This repo is currently migrating all checks from a slower `tox`-based framework,
 |`black`| Runs `black` checks. | `azpysdk black .` |
 |`verifytypes`| Runs `verifytypes` checks. | `azpysdk verifytypes .` |
 |`ruff`| Runs `ruff` checks. | `azpysdk ruff .` |
+|`bandit`| Runs `bandit` checks, which detect common security issues. | `azpysdk bandit .` |
 |`verifywhl`| Verifies that the root directory in whl is azure, and verifies manifest so that all directories in source are included in sdist. | `azpysdk verifywhl .` |
 |`verifysdist`| Verify directories included in sdist and contents in manifest file. Also ensures that py.typed configuration is correct within the setup.py. | `azpysdk verifysdist .` |
 |`verify_keywords`| Verify that the keyword 'azure sdk' is present in the targeted package's keywords. | `azpysdk verify_keywords .` |
diff --git a/eng/tools/azure-sdk-tools/azpysdk/bandit.py b/eng/tools/azure-sdk-tools/azpysdk/bandit.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..132d640c29cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eng/tools/azure-sdk-tools/azpysdk/bandit.py
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import argparse
+import os
+import sys
+from typing import Optional, List
+import subprocess
+from subprocess import check_call, CalledProcessError
+
+from .Check import Check
+from ci_tools.environment_exclusions import is_check_enabled
+from ci_tools.variables import in_ci, set_envvar_defaults
+from ci_tools.logging import logger
+from ci_tools.functions import install_into_venv, get_pip_command
+
+
+class bandit(Check):
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+
+    def register(
+        self, subparsers: "argparse._SubParsersAction", parent_parsers: Optional[List[argparse.ArgumentParser]] = None
+    ) -> None:
+        """Register the bandit check. The bandit check installs bandit and runs bandit against the target package to find common security issues."""
+        parents = parent_parsers or []
+        p = subparsers.add_parser(
+            "bandit", parents=parents, help="Run the bandit check to find common security issues for a package"
+        )
+        p.set_defaults(func=self.run)
+
+    def run(self, args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
+        """Run the bandit check command."""
+        logger.info("Running bandit check...")
+
+        set_envvar_defaults()
+        targeted = self.get_targeted_directories(args)
+
+        results: List[int] = []
+
+        for parsed in targeted:
+            package_dir = parsed.folder
+            package_name = parsed.name
+            executable, staging_directory = self.get_executable(args.isolate, args.command, sys.executable, package_dir)
+            logger.info(f"Processing {package_name} for bandit check")
+
+            self.install_dev_reqs(executable, args, package_dir)
+
+            try:
+                install_into_venv(executable, ["bandit"], package_dir)
+            except CalledProcessError as e:
+                logger.error(f"Failed to install bandit: {e}")
+                return e.returncode
+
+            # debug a pip freeze result
+            cmd = get_pip_command(executable) + ["freeze"]
+            freeze_result = subprocess.run(
+                cmd, cwd=package_dir, check=False, text=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT
+            )
+            logger.debug(f"Running pip freeze with {cmd}")
+            logger.debug(freeze_result.stdout)
+
+            if in_ci():
+                if not is_check_enabled(package_dir, "bandit"):
+                    logger.warning(f"Bandit is disabled for {package_name}. Skipping...")
+                    continue
+
+            try:
+                check_call(
+                    [
+                        executable,
+                        "-m",
+                        "bandit",
+                        "-r",
+                        os.path.join(package_dir, "azure"),
+                        "-ll",
+                    ]
+                )
+            except CalledProcessError as e:
+                logger.error(f"{package_name} exited with error {e.returncode}")
+                results.append(e.returncode)
+
+        return max(results) if results else 0
diff --git a/eng/tools/azure-sdk-tools/azpysdk/main.py b/eng/tools/azure-sdk-tools/azpysdk/main.py
index 652e4ac71c54..03665a993bb0 100644
--- a/eng/tools/azure-sdk-tools/azpysdk/main.py
+++ b/eng/tools/azure-sdk-tools/azpysdk/main.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 from .verifytypes import verifytypes
 from .verify_whl import verify_whl
 from .verify_sdist import verify_sdist
+from .bandit import bandit
 from .verify_keywords import verify_keywords
 
 from ci_tools.logging import configure_logging, logger
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ def build_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
     verifytypes().register(subparsers, [common])
     verify_sdist().register(subparsers, [common])
     verify_whl().register(subparsers, [common])
+    bandit().register(subparsers, [common])
     verify_keywords().register(subparsers, [common])
 
     return parser