Commit a991081e authored by Russell Dickenson's avatar Russell Dickenson

Merge branch 'schwartz-vulnerability-vs-finding-terminology' into 'master'

Update terms for clarity

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!60863
parents f07f3af5 12e4b788
......@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ An asset that has the potential to be vulnerable, identified in a project by an
include but are not restricted to source code, binary packages, containers, dependencies, networks,
applications, and infrastructure.
Findings are all potential vulnerability items scanners identify in MRs/feature branches. Only after merging to default does a finding become a [vulnerability](#vulnerability).
### Insignificant finding
A legitimate finding that a particular customer doesn't care about.
......@@ -153,6 +155,8 @@ A flaw that has a negative impact on the security of its environment. Vulnerabil
error or weakness, and don't describe where the error is located (see [finding](#finding)).
Each vulnerability maps to a unique finding.
Vulnerabilities exist in the default branch. Findings (see [finding](#finding)) are all potential vulnerability items scanners identify in MRs/feature branches. Only after merging to default does a finding become a vulnerability.
### Vulnerability finding
When a [report finding](#report-finding) is stored to the database, it becomes a vulnerability
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