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-# Security Vulnerabilities
+# Security
 
-If you discover a security vulnerability in `staged-script`, please head on
-over to the [Security Advisories page][advisories] and
-draft a new advisory.  We thank you in advance for helping to improve the
-security of this package.
+We run the [`flake8-bandit`][bandit] security scanner via `pre-commit`,
+and require it to pass, to ensure known security vulnerabilities don't
+make it into our code base.
+
+[bandit]:  https://pypi.org/project/flake8-bandit/
+
+## Security Vulnerabilities
+
+If you discover a security vulnerability in `staged-script`, please head
+on over to the [Security Advisories page][advisories] and draft a new
+advisory.  We thank you in advance for helping to improve the security
+of this package.
 
 [advisories]:  https://github.com/sandialabs/staged-script/security/advisories