Commit f9eab8db authored by Russell Dickenson's avatar Russell Dickenson Committed by Amy Qualls

Improve SAST introduction

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...@@ -15,13 +15,15 @@ The whitepaper ["A Seismic Shift in Application Security"](https://about.gitlab. ...@@ -15,13 +15,15 @@ The whitepaper ["A Seismic Shift in Application Security"](https://about.gitlab.
explains how 4 of the top 6 attacks were application based. Download it to learn how to protect your explains how 4 of the top 6 attacks were application based. Download it to learn how to protect your
organization. organization.
If you're using [GitLab CI/CD](../../../ci/README.md), you can analyze your source code for known If you're using [GitLab CI/CD](../../../ci/README.md), you can use Static Application Security
vulnerabilities using Static Application Security Testing (SAST). GitLab checks the SAST report and Testing (SAST) to check your source code for known vulnerabilities. When a pipeline completes,
compares the found vulnerabilities between the source and target branches. the results of the SAST analysis are processed and shown in the pipeline's Security tab. If the
pipeline is associated with a merge request, the SAST analysis is compared with the results of
Details of the vulnerabilities found are included in the merge request. **(ULTIMATE)** the target branch's analysis (if available). The results of that comparison are shown in the merge
request. **(ULTIMATE)** If the pipeline is running from the default branch, the results of the SAST
![SAST Widget](img/sast_v13_2.png) analysis are available in the [security dashboards](../security_dashboard/index.md).
![SAST results shown in the MR widget](img/sast_results_in_mr_v14_0.png)
The results are sorted by the priority of the vulnerability: The results are sorted by the priority of the vulnerability:
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