diff --git a/ee/app/assets/javascripts/security_dashboard/components/instance_security_dashboard.vue b/ee/app/assets/javascripts/security_dashboard/components/instance_security_dashboard.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ec4326634da6f98ad5c77cae062d92dd57269c0a
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+++ b/ee/app/assets/javascripts/security_dashboard/components/instance_security_dashboard.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+<script>
+import { mapActions, mapState } from 'vuex';
+import { GlButton, GlEmptyState, GlLink, GlLoadingIcon } from '@gitlab/ui';
+import { s__ } from '~/locale';
+import SecurityDashboard from './app.vue';
+
+export default {
+  name: 'InstanceSecurityDashboard',
+  components: {
+    GlButton,
+    GlEmptyState,
+    GlLink,
+    GlLoadingIcon,
+    SecurityDashboard,
+  },
+  props: {
+    dashboardDocumentation: {
+      type: String,
+      required: true,
+    },
+    emptyStateSvgPath: {
+      type: String,
+      required: true,
+    },
+    emptyDashboardStateSvgPath: {
+      type: String,
+      required: true,
+    },
+    projectsEndpoint: {
+      type: String,
+      required: true,
+    },
+    vulnerabilitiesEndpoint: {
+      type: String,
+      required: true,
+    },
+    vulnerabilitiesCountEndpoint: {
+      type: String,
+      required: true,
+    },
+    vulnerabilitiesHistoryEndpoint: {
+      type: String,
+      required: true,
+    },
+    vulnerabilityFeedbackHelpPath: {
+      type: String,
+      required: true,
+    },
+  },
+  data() {
+    return {
+      isInitialized: false,
+      showProjectSelector: false,
+    };
+  },
+  computed: {
+    ...mapState('projects', ['projects']),
+    toggleButtonProps() {
+      return this.showProjectSelector
+        ? {
+            variant: 'success',
+            text: s__('SecurityDashboard|Return to dashboard'),
+          }
+        : {
+            variant: 'secondary',
+            text: s__('SecurityDashboard|Edit dashboard'),
+          };
+    },
+    shouldShowEmptyState() {
+      return this.isInitialized && this.projects.length === 0;
+    },
+  },
+  created() {
+    this.setProjectsEndpoint(this.projectsEndpoint);
+    this.fetchProjects()
+      // Failure to fetch projects will be handled in the store, so do nothing here.
+      .catch(() => {})
+      .finally(() => {
+        this.isInitialized = true;
+      });
+  },
+  methods: {
+    ...mapActions('projects', ['setProjectsEndpoint', 'fetchProjects']),
+    toggleProjectSelector() {
+      this.showProjectSelector = !this.showProjectSelector;
+    },
+  },
+};
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <article>
+    <header class="page-title-holder flex-fill d-flex align-items-center">
+      <h2 class="page-title">{{ s__('SecurityDashboard|Security Dashboard') }}</h2>
+      <gl-button
+        v-if="isInitialized"
+        new-style
+        class="page-title-controls js-project-selector-toggle"
+        :variant="toggleButtonProps.variant"
+        @click="toggleProjectSelector"
+        v-text="toggleButtonProps.text"
+      />
+    </header>
+
+    <template v-if="isInitialized">
+      <section v-if="showProjectSelector" class="js-dashboard-project-selector">
+        <h3>{{ s__('SecurityDashboard|Add or remove projects from your dashboard') }}</h3>
+      </section>
+
+      <template v-else>
+        <gl-empty-state
+          v-if="shouldShowEmptyState"
+          :title="s__('SecurityDashboard|Add a project to your dashboard')"
+          :svg-path="emptyStateSvgPath"
+        >
+          <template #description>
+            {{
+              s__(
+                'SecurityDashboard|The security dashboard displays the latest security findings for projects you wish to monitor. Select "Edit dashboard" to add and remove projects.',
+              )
+            }}
+            <gl-link :href="dashboardDocumentation">{{
+              s__('SecurityDashboard|More information')
+            }}</gl-link
+            >.
+          </template>
+          <template #actions>
+            <gl-button new-style variant="success" @click="toggleProjectSelector">
+              {{ s__('SecurityDashboard|Add projects') }}
+            </gl-button>
+          </template>
+        </gl-empty-state>
+
+        <security-dashboard
+          v-else
+          :dashboard-documentation="dashboardDocumentation"
+          :empty-state-svg-path="emptyDashboardStateSvgPath"
+          :vulnerabilities-endpoint="vulnerabilitiesEndpoint"
+          :vulnerabilities-count-endpoint="vulnerabilitiesCountEndpoint"
+          :vulnerabilities-history-endpoint="vulnerabilitiesHistoryEndpoint"
+          :vulnerability-feedback-help-path="vulnerabilityFeedbackHelpPath"
+        />
+      </template>
+    </template>
+
+    <gl-loading-icon v-else size="md" />
+  </article>
+</template>
diff --git a/ee/spec/frontend/security_dashboard/components/instance_security_dashboard_spec.js b/ee/spec/frontend/security_dashboard/components/instance_security_dashboard_spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a41e58ff063499114591c8b7f83de51bc6339e85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ee/spec/frontend/security_dashboard/components/instance_security_dashboard_spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,168 @@
+import Vuex from 'vuex';
+import { shallowMount, createLocalVue } from '@vue/test-utils';
+import { GlEmptyState, GlLoadingIcon } from '@gitlab/ui';
+import InstanceSecurityDashboard from 'ee/security_dashboard/components/instance_security_dashboard.vue';
+import SecurityDashboard from 'ee/security_dashboard/components/app.vue';
+
+const localVue = createLocalVue();
+localVue.use(Vuex);
+
+const dashboardDocumentation = '/help/docs';
+const emptyStateSvgPath = '/svgs/empty.svg';
+const emptyDashboardStateSvgPath = '/svgs/empty-dash.svg';
+const projectsEndpoint = '/projects';
+const vulnerabilitiesEndpoint = '/vulnerabilities';
+const vulnerabilitiesCountEndpoint = '/vulnerabilities_summary';
+const vulnerabilitiesHistoryEndpoint = '/vulnerabilities_history';
+const vulnerabilityFeedbackHelpPath = '/vulnerabilities_feedback_help';
+
+describe('Instance Security Dashboard component', () => {
+  let store;
+  let wrapper;
+  let actionResolvers;
+
+  const factory = ({ projects = [] } = {}) => {
+    store = new Vuex.Store({
+      modules: {
+        projects: {
+          namespaced: true,
+          actions: {
+            fetchProjects() {},
+            setProjectsEndpoint() {},
+          },
+          state: {
+            projects,
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    actionResolvers = [];
+    jest.spyOn(store, 'dispatch').mockImplementation(
+      () =>
+        new Promise(resolve => {
+          actionResolvers.push(resolve);
+        }),
+    );
+
+    wrapper = shallowMount(InstanceSecurityDashboard, {
+      localVue,
+      store,
+      sync: false,
+      propsData: {
+        dashboardDocumentation,
+        emptyStateSvgPath,
+        emptyDashboardStateSvgPath,
+        projectsEndpoint,
+        vulnerabilitiesEndpoint,
+        vulnerabilitiesCountEndpoint,
+        vulnerabilitiesHistoryEndpoint,
+        vulnerabilityFeedbackHelpPath,
+      },
+    });
+  };
+
+  const resolveActions = () => {
+    actionResolvers.forEach(resolve => resolve());
+  };
+
+  const findProjectSelectorToggleButton = () => wrapper.find('.js-project-selector-toggle');
+
+  const clickProjectSelectorToggleButton = () => {
+    findProjectSelectorToggleButton().vm.$emit('click');
+
+    return wrapper.vm.$nextTick();
+  };
+
+  const expectComponentWithProps = (Component, props) => {
+    const componentWrapper = wrapper.find(Component);
+    expect(componentWrapper.exists()).toBe(true);
+    expect(componentWrapper.props()).toEqual(expect.objectContaining(props));
+  };
+
+  const expectProjectSelectorState = () => {
+    expect(findProjectSelectorToggleButton().exists()).toBe(true);
+    expect(wrapper.find(GlEmptyState).exists()).toBe(false);
+    expect(wrapper.find(GlLoadingIcon).exists()).toBe(false);
+    expect(wrapper.find(SecurityDashboard).exists()).toBe(false);
+  };
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    wrapper.destroy();
+  });
+
+  describe('on creation', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      factory();
+    });
+
+    it('dispatches the expected actions', () => {
+      expect(store.dispatch.mock.calls).toEqual([
+        ['projects/setProjectsEndpoint', projectsEndpoint],
+        ['projects/fetchProjects', undefined],
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it('displays the initial loading state', () => {
+      expect(findProjectSelectorToggleButton().exists()).toBe(false);
+      expect(wrapper.find(GlEmptyState).exists()).toBe(false);
+      expect(wrapper.find(GlLoadingIcon).exists()).toBe(true);
+      expect(wrapper.find(SecurityDashboard).exists()).toBe(false);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('given there are no projects', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      factory();
+      resolveActions();
+    });
+
+    it('renders the empty state', () => {
+      expect(findProjectSelectorToggleButton().exists()).toBe(true);
+      expect(wrapper.find(GlLoadingIcon).exists()).toBe(false);
+      expect(wrapper.find(SecurityDashboard).exists()).toBe(false);
+
+      expectComponentWithProps(GlEmptyState, {
+        svgPath: emptyStateSvgPath,
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('after clicking the project selector toggle button', () => {
+      beforeEach(clickProjectSelectorToggleButton);
+
+      it('renders the project selector state', () => {
+        expectProjectSelectorState();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('given there are projects', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      factory({ projects: [{ name: 'foo', id: 1 }] });
+      resolveActions();
+    });
+
+    it('renders the security dashboard state', () => {
+      expect(findProjectSelectorToggleButton().exists()).toBe(true);
+      expect(wrapper.find(GlEmptyState).exists()).toBe(false);
+      expect(wrapper.find(GlLoadingIcon).exists()).toBe(false);
+
+      expectComponentWithProps(SecurityDashboard, {
+        dashboardDocumentation,
+        emptyStateSvgPath: emptyDashboardStateSvgPath,
+        vulnerabilitiesEndpoint,
+        vulnerabilitiesCountEndpoint,
+        vulnerabilitiesHistoryEndpoint,
+        vulnerabilityFeedbackHelpPath,
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('after clicking the project selector toggle button', () => {
+      beforeEach(clickProjectSelectorToggleButton);
+
+      it('renders the project selector state', () => {
+        expectProjectSelectorState();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/locale/gitlab.pot b/locale/gitlab.pot
index 2b4f75d0a58e1c4fd14f33ee07e407fccbfadf48..c3937a3890595be88628a348e88e55976b31a6df 100644
--- a/locale/gitlab.pot
+++ b/locale/gitlab.pot
@@ -14060,15 +14060,30 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "SecurityDashboard|%{firstProject}, %{secondProject}, and %{rest}"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "SecurityDashboard|Add a project to your dashboard"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "SecurityDashboard|Add or remove projects from your dashboard"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "SecurityDashboard|Add projects"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "SecurityDashboard|Confidence"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "SecurityDashboard|Edit dashboard"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "SecurityDashboard|Hide dismissed"
 msgstr ""
 
 msgid "SecurityDashboard|Monitor vulnerabilities in your code"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "SecurityDashboard|More information"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "SecurityDashboard|Pipeline %{pipelineLink} triggered"
 msgstr ""
 
@@ -14078,9 +14093,18 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "SecurityDashboard|Report type"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "SecurityDashboard|Return to dashboard"
+msgstr ""
+
+msgid "SecurityDashboard|Security Dashboard"
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "SecurityDashboard|Severity"
 msgstr ""
 
+msgid "SecurityDashboard|The security dashboard displays the latest security findings for projects you wish to monitor. Select \"Edit dashboard\" to add and remove projects."
+msgstr ""
+
 msgid "SecurityDashboard|Unable to add %{invalidProjects}"
 msgstr ""