Merge branch '300039-secure-namespace-docs' into 'master'

Add AppSec namespacing documentation

See merge request gitlab-org/gitlab!54581

doc/development/README.md

@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ See [database guidelines](database/index.md).
 ## Domain-specific guides
 
 - [CI/CD development documentation](cicd/index.md)
+- [AppSec development documentation](appsec/index.md)
 
 ## Other Development guides
 

doc/development/appsec/index.md

+---
+stage: Secure, Protect
+group: all
+info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
+type: index, dev, reference
+---
+
+# Application Security development documentation
+
+Development guides that are specific to the stages that work on Application Security features are listed here.
+
+Please go to [Application Security](../../user/application_security/index.md) if you are looking for documentation on how to use those features.
+
+## Namespaces
+
+Application Security code in the Rails monolith is organized into the following namespaces, which generally follows
+the feature categories in the [Secure](https://about.gitlab.com/stages-devops-lifecycle/secure/) and [Protect](https://about.gitlab.com/stages-devops-lifecycle/protect/) stages.
+
+- `AppSec`: shared code.
+  - `AppSec::ContainerScanning`: Container Scanning code.
+  - `AppSec::Dast`: DAST code.
+  - `AppSec::DependencyScanning`: Dependency Scanning code.
+  - `AppSec::Fuzzing::Api`: API Fuzzing code.
+  - `AppSec::Fuzzing::Coverage`: Coverage Fuzzing code.
+  - `AppSec::Fuzzing`: Shared fuzzing code.
+  - `AppSec::LicenseCompliance`: License Compliance code.
+  - `AppSec::Sast`: SAST code.
+  - `AppSec::SecretDetection`: Secret Detection code.
+  - `AppSec::VulnMgmt`: Vulnerability Management code.
+
+Most AppSec code does not conform to these namespace guidelines. When developing, make an effort
+to move existing code into the appropriate namespace whenever possible.