diff --git a/horizon/static/horizon/js/angular/services/hz.api.security-group.js b/horizon/static/horizon/js/angular/services/hz.api.security-group.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..62856d08d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/horizon/static/horizon/js/angular/services/hz.api.security-group.js
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2015, Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+(function () {
+  'use strict';
+
+  /**
+   * @ngdoc service
+   * @name hz.api.SecurityGroup
+   * @description Provides access to Security Groups
+   */
+  function SecurityGroup(apiService) {
+
+    /**
+     * @name hz.api.SecurityGroup.list
+     * @description
+     * Get a list of security groups.
+     *
+     * The listing result is an object with property "items". Each item is
+     * an image.
+     *
+     * @example
+     * The following is an example response:
+     * {
+     *     "items": [
+     *         {
+     *             "description": "Default security group",
+     *             "id": "4a4c9dd4-ffa0-454a-beaa-23e8fa569062",
+     *             "name": "default",
+     *             "security_group_rules": [
+     *                 {
+     *                     "direction": "ingress",
+     *                     "ethertype": "IPv4",
+     *                     "id": "22961412-fba1-4d0d-8eb8-d4460c921346",
+     *                     "port_range_max": null,
+     *                     "port_range_min": null,
+     *                     "protocol": null,
+     *                     "remote_group_id": "4a4c9dd4-ffa0-454a-beaa-23e8fa569062",
+     *                     "remote_ip_prefix": null,
+     *                     "security_group_id": "4a4c9dd4-ffa0-454a-beaa-23e8fa569062",
+     *                     "tenant_id": "3f867827f7eb45d4aa1d1395237f426b"
+     *                 }
+     *             ],
+     *             "tenant_id": "3f867827f7eb45d4aa1d1395237f426b"
+     *         }
+     *     ]
+     * }
+     */
+    this.query = function() {
+      return apiService.get('/api/network/securitygroups/')
+        .error(function () {
+          horizon.alert('error', gettext('Unable to retrieve security groups.'));
+      });
+    };
+  }
+
+  // Register it with the API module so that anybody using the
+  // API module will have access to the Security Group APIs.
+
+  angular.module('hz.api')
+    .service('securityGroup', ['apiService', SecurityGroup]);
+
+}());
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/api/neutron.py b/openstack_dashboard/api/neutron.py
index 986b4428e1..91ddefe01b 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/api/neutron.py
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/api/neutron.py
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ class SecurityGroup(NeutronAPIDictWrapper):
                        for rule in sg['security_group_rules']]
         super(SecurityGroup, self).__init__(sg)
 
+    def to_dict(self):
+        return {k: self._apidict[k] for k in self._apidict if k != 'rules'}
+
 
 class SecurityGroupRule(NeutronAPIDictWrapper):
     # Required attributes:
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/api/nova.py b/openstack_dashboard/api/nova.py
index 15bf8cb74c..fabbe45ded 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/api/nova.py
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/api/nova.py
@@ -214,6 +214,9 @@ class SecurityGroup(base.APIResourceWrapper):
                      for rule in self._apiresource.rules]
         return [SecurityGroupRule(rule) for rule in rule_objs]
 
+    def to_dict(self):
+        return self._apiresource.to_dict()
+
 
 class SecurityGroupRule(base.APIResourceWrapper):
     """Wrapper for individual rules in a SecurityGroup."""
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/api/rest/__init__.py b/openstack_dashboard/api/rest/__init__.py
index e670007cd5..d9c2f09fd1 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/api/rest/__init__.py
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/api/rest/__init__.py
@@ -25,4 +25,5 @@ in https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/APIChangeGuidelines.
 import cinder       #flake8: noqa
 import glance       #flake8: noqa
 import keystone     #flake8: noqa
+import network      #flake8: noqa
 import nova         #flake8: noqa
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/api/rest/network.py b/openstack_dashboard/api/rest/network.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9f01cd9e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/api/rest/network.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+
+# Copyright 2015, Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+"""API for the network abstraction APIs.
+"""
+
+from django.views import generic
+
+from openstack_dashboard import api
+from openstack_dashboard.api.rest import urls
+from openstack_dashboard.api.rest import utils as rest_utils
+
+
+@urls.register
+class SecurityGroups(generic.View):
+    """API for Network Abstraction
+
+    Handles differences between Nova and Neutron.
+    """
+    url_regex = r'network/securitygroups/$'
+
+    @rest_utils.ajax()
+    def get(self, request):
+        """Get a list of security groups.
+
+        The listing result is an object with property "items". Each item is
+        an image.
+
+        Example GET:
+        http://localhost/api/network/securitygroups
+        """
+
+        security_groups = api.network.security_group_list(request)
+
+        return {'items': [sg.to_dict() for sg in security_groups]}
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/test/api_tests/network_rest_tests.py b/openstack_dashboard/test/api_tests/network_rest_tests.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a156133eed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/test/api_tests/network_rest_tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Copyright 2015, Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+import mock
+
+from openstack_dashboard.api.rest import network
+from openstack_dashboard.test.api_tests import rest_test_utils
+from openstack_dashboard.test import helpers as test
+
+
+class RestNetworkApiSecurityGroupTests(test.RestAPITestCase):
+
+    @mock.patch.object(network.api, 'network')
+    def test_security_group_detailed(self, client):
+        request = rest_test_utils.construct_request()
+        client.security_group_list.return_value = [
+            mock.Mock(**{'to_dict.return_value': {'name': 'default'}}),
+        ]
+
+        response = network.SecurityGroups().get(request)
+        self.assertStatusCode(response, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(response.content,
+                         '{"items": [{"name": "default"}]}')
+        client.security_group_list.assert_called_once_with(request)
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/test/helpers.py b/openstack_dashboard/test/helpers.py
index de4b75fed7..c42d6f07be 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/test/helpers.py
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/test/helpers.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import collections
 import copy
 from functools import wraps  # noqa
 import os
+import testtools
 
 from ceilometerclient.v2 import client as ceilometer_client
 from cinderclient import client as cinder_client
@@ -424,6 +425,25 @@ class APITestCase(TestCase):
         return self.saharaclient
 
 
+class RestAPITestCase(testtools.TestCase):
+    """Testing APIs.
+
+    For use with tests which deal with the underlying clients rather than
+    stubbing out the openstack_dashboard.api.* methods.
+    """
+
+    def assertStatusCode(self, response, expected_code):
+        """Validates an expected status code.
+
+        Matches camel case of other assert functions
+        """
+        if response.status_code == expected_code:
+            return
+        self.fail('status code %r != %r: %s' % (response.status_code,
+                                                expected_code,
+                                                response.content))
+
+
 @unittest.skipUnless(os.environ.get('WITH_SELENIUM', False),
                      "The WITH_SELENIUM env variable is not set.")
 class SeleniumTestCase(horizon_helpers.SeleniumTestCase):