From e58251c697758175467ae59c2ea3a1e1facc2f1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeremy Hayes Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2024 09:36:49 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] [security overview] add note about security severities (#50954) Co-authored-by: Ben Ahmady <32935794+subatoi@users.noreply.github.com> --- .../security-overview/viewing-security-insights.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/content/code-security/security-overview/viewing-security-insights.md b/content/code-security/security-overview/viewing-security-insights.md index 95f842c24e19..23750c31059a 100644 --- a/content/code-security/security-overview/viewing-security-insights.md +++ b/content/code-security/security-overview/viewing-security-insights.md @@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ Some metrics in the security overview dashboard include a trend indicator, which {% endif %} +>[!NOTE] +> The number of alerts shown on the security overview dashboard may not match the number of {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %} alerts. The security overview dashboard focuses on the security posture of your organization, and only includes alerts with a security severity ("Critical", "High", "Medium", or "Low"), but {% data variables.product.prodname_codeql %} and third-party tools may separately produce alerts with a level of "Error", "Warning", or "Note". For more information about alert severity and security severity levels in {% data variables.product.prodname_code_scanning %}, see "[AUTOTITLE](/code-security/code-scanning/managing-code-scanning-alerts/about-code-scanning-alerts#about-alert-severity-and-security-severity-levels)." + ### Alert trends graph The alert trends graph shows the change in the number of alerts in your organization{% ifversion security-overview-dashboard-enterprise %} or enterprise{% endif %} over the time period you have chosen. {% ifversion security-overview-3-13-overview %}By default, alerts{% else %}Alerts{% endif %} are grouped by severity. You can toggle the graph between open and closed alerts{% ifversion security-overview-3-13-overview %} and change the way alerts are grouped{% endif %}.