diff --git a/action/action.go b/action/action.go
index 4585ba2..fc6a0e7 100644
--- a/action/action.go
+++ b/action/action.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws/session"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/autoscaling"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/cloudformation"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ec2"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/eks"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/elb"
 )
@@ -32,10 +33,11 @@ func (a *action) Cleanup(ctx context.Context, input *Input) error {
 
 	//NOTE: ordering matters here!
 	cleanupFuncs := map[string]CleanupFunc{
-		elb.ServiceName:            a.cleanLoadBalancers,
-		cloudformation.ServiceName: a.cleanCfStacks,
 		eks.ServiceName:            a.cleanEKSClusters,
 		autoscaling.ServiceName:    a.cleanASGs,
+		elb.ServiceName:            a.cleanLoadBalancers,
+		ec2.ServiceName:            a.cleanSecurityGroups,
+		cloudformation.ServiceName: a.cleanCfStacks,
 	}
 	inputRegions := strings.Split(input.Regions, ",")
 
diff --git a/action/cleanup_sgs.go b/action/cleanup_sgs.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81164b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/action/cleanup_sgs.go
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+package action
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/aws"
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go/service/ec2"
+)
+
+func (a *action) cleanSecurityGroups(ctx context.Context, input *CleanupScope) error {
+	client := ec2.New(input.Session)
+
+	sgsToDelete := []*ec2.SecurityGroup{}
+	// NOTE: we delete security groups based on whether we're later deleting the vpc they belong to or not.
+	pageFunc := func(page *ec2.DescribeVpcsOutput, _ bool) bool {
+		sgPageFunc := func(sgPage *ec2.GetSecurityGroupsForVpcOutput, _ bool) bool {
+			for _, sg := range sgPage.SecurityGroupForVpcs {
+				var ignore bool
+				for _, tag := range sg.Tags {
+					if *tag.Key == input.IgnoreTag {
+						ignore = true
+						break
+					}
+				}
+
+				if ignore || *sg.GroupName == "default" {
+					LogDebug("security group %s has ignore tag or is a default security group, skipping cleanup", *sg.GroupId)
+					continue
+				}
+
+				securityGroups, err := client.DescribeSecurityGroupsWithContext(ctx, &ec2.DescribeSecurityGroupsInput{GroupIds: []*string{sg.GroupId}})
+				if err != nil || len(securityGroups.SecurityGroups) != 1 {
+					LogError("failed to describe security group %s: %s", *sg.GroupId, err.Error())
+					continue
+				}
+
+				LogDebug("adding security group %s to delete list", *sg.GroupId)
+				sgsToDelete = append(sgsToDelete, securityGroups.SecurityGroups[0])
+			}
+
+			return true
+		}
+
+		for _, vpc := range page.Vpcs {
+			var ignore bool
+			for _, tag := range vpc.Tags {
+				if *tag.Key == input.IgnoreTag {
+					ignore = true
+					break
+				}
+			}
+
+			if ignore || aws.BoolValue(vpc.IsDefault) {
+				LogDebug("vpc %s has ignore tag or is a default vpc, won't delete security groups associated with it", *vpc.VpcId)
+				continue
+			}
+
+			if err := client.GetSecurityGroupsForVpcPagesWithContext(ctx, &ec2.GetSecurityGroupsForVpcInput{}, sgPageFunc); err != nil {
+				LogError("failed getting list of security groups for vpc %s: %s", *vpc.VpcId, err.Error())
+				continue
+			}
+
+		}
+
+		return true
+	}
+
+	if err := client.DescribeVpcsPagesWithContext(ctx, &ec2.DescribeVpcsInput{}, pageFunc); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed getting list of vpcs: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(sgsToDelete) == 0 {
+		Log("no security groups to delete")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// NOTE: some security groups may have rules that reference other security groups.
+	// deleting a security group that's referenced in another's rules will fail,
+	// so we need to delete the rules first.
+	for _, securityGroup := range sgsToDelete {
+		if !a.commit {
+			LogDebug("skipping deletion of security group %s as running in dry-mode", *securityGroup.GroupId)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if err := a.deleteSecurityGroupRules(ctx, *securityGroup.GroupId, securityGroup.IpPermissions, securityGroup.IpPermissionsEgress, client); err != nil {
+			LogError("failed to delete security group rules for %s: %s", *securityGroup.GroupId, err.Error())
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	for _, securityGroup := range sgsToDelete {
+		if !a.commit {
+			LogDebug("skipping deletion of security group %s as running in dry-mode", *securityGroup.GroupId)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if err := a.deleteSecurityGroup(ctx, *securityGroup.GroupId, client); err != nil {
+			LogError("failed to delete security group %s: %s", *securityGroup.GroupId, err.Error())
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (a *action) deleteSecurityGroupRules(ctx context.Context, sgId string, sgIngress, sgEgress []*ec2.IpPermission, client *ec2.EC2) error {
+	Log("Deleting Ingress/Egress Rules from security group %s", sgId)
+
+	if _, err := client.RevokeSecurityGroupIngressWithContext(ctx, &ec2.RevokeSecurityGroupIngressInput{GroupId: &sgId, IpPermissions: sgIngress}); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to revoke ingress rules from security group %s: %w", sgId, err)
+	}
+
+	if _, err := client.RevokeSecurityGroupEgressWithContext(ctx, &ec2.RevokeSecurityGroupEgressInput{GroupId: &sgId, IpPermissions: sgEgress}); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to revoke egress rules from security group %s: %w", sgId, err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (a *action) deleteSecurityGroup(ctx context.Context, sgId string, client *ec2.EC2) error {
+	Log("Deleting Security Group %s", sgId)
+
+	if _, err := client.DeleteSecurityGroupWithContext(ctx, &ec2.DeleteSecurityGroupInput{GroupId: &sgId}); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete security group %s: %w", sgId, err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}