diff --git a/security/sha512.go b/security/sha512.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fffcf1b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/security/sha512.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package security
+
+import (
+	"crypto/sha512"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+func Sha512(s string) string {
+	hash := sha512.New()
+	hash.Write([]byte(s))
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%x", hash.Sum(nil))
+}
diff --git a/security/sha512_test.go b/security/sha512_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..23e0f8d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/security/sha512_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package security
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestSha512(t *testing.T) {
+	input := "password"
+	expectedHash := "b109f3bbbc244eb82441917ed06d618b9008dd09b3befd1b5e07394c706a8bb980b1d7785e5976ec049b46df5f1326af5a2ea6d103fd07c95385ffab0cacbc86"
+	hash := Sha512(input)
+	if hash != expectedHash {
+		t.Errorf("Expected hash to be '%s', but was '%s'", expectedHash, hash)
+	}
+}