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diff --git a/doc/user/application_security/security_dashboard/index.md b/doc/user/application_security/security_dashboard/index.md index 5df2cb1ec72..c78179e9693 100644 --- a/doc/user/application_security/security_dashboard/index.md +++ b/doc/user/application_security/security_dashboard/index.md @@ -166,22 +166,17 @@ To add projects to the Security Center: After you add projects, the security dashboard and vulnerability report display the vulnerabilities found in those projects' default branches. -## Keeping the dashboards up to date +## Keep dashboards up to date -The Security Dashboard displays information from the results of the most recent -security scan on the [default branch](../../project/repository/branches/default.md), -which means that security scans are performed every time the branch is updated. - -If the default branch is updated infrequently, scans are run infrequently and the -information on the Security Dashboard can become outdated as new vulnerabilities -are discovered. +The Security Dashboard displays results of the most recent security scan on the +[default branch](../../project/repository/branches/default.md). By default, security scans are run +only when the default branch is updated. Information on the Security Dashboard may not reflect +newly-discovered vulnerabilities. To ensure the information on the Security Dashboard is regularly updated, -[configure a scheduled pipeline](../../../ci/pipelines/schedules.md) to run a -daily security scan. This updates the information displayed on the Security -Dashboard regardless of how often the default branch is updated. - -That way, reports are created even if no code change happens. +[configure a scheduled pipeline](../../../ci/pipelines/schedules.md) to run a daily security scan. +This updates the information displayed on the Security Dashboard regardless of how often the default +branch is updated. WARNING: Running Dependency Scanning from a scheduled pipeline might result in false negatives if your @@ -191,12 +186,6 @@ can occur because the dependency version resolved during the scan might differ f resolved when your project was built and released, in a previous pipeline. Java projects can't have lock files. Python projects can have lock files, but GitLab Secure tools don't support them. -## Security scans using Auto DevOps - -When using [Auto DevOps](../../../topics/autodevops/index.md), use -[special environment variables](../../../topics/autodevops/customize.md#cicd-variables) -to configure daily security scans. - <!-- ## Troubleshooting Include any troubleshooting steps that you can foresee. If you know beforehand what issues |