Get to know the security and governance updates in GitLab 17, 17.1

This post details security and governance updates in GitLab 17 and 17.1. Key enhancements include SAST analyzer streamlining by consolidating language-specific analyzers into a Semgrep-based one, introducing Android dependency scanning with SBOM generation via a CI/CD catalog component, and improving custom roles with UI editing and instance-level management. Secret detection gains support for remote rulesets and advanced vulnerability tracking, with secret push protection entering beta. Container registry updates include image signing, last published date display, tag sorting, and container scanning for the registry. API security scanning also sees updates.