diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 328faa1561..25f0d08b77 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -49,9 +49,18 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Report coverage
           command: bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)
+
+      - restore_cache:
+          key: v1-vuln-scans-{{ checksum "yarn.lock" }}
       - run:
           name: Vulnerability Tests
           command: yarn test:vulns
+      # https://discuss.circleci.com/t/add-mechanism-to-update-existing-cache-key/9014/12
+      - save_cache:
+          key: v1-vuln-scans-{{ checksum "yarn.lock" }}-{{ epoch }}
+          paths:
+            - .vuln-scans
+
       - run:
           name: Visual Tests
           command: yarn test:visual
diff --git a/build/gulp/tasks/test-vulns.ts b/build/gulp/tasks/test-vulns.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b20351292e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/gulp/tasks/test-vulns.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import * as fs from 'fs'
+import { task } from 'gulp'
+import * as path from 'path'
+import debug from 'debug'
+
+import config from '../../../config'
+import sh from '../sh'
+
+const { paths } = config
+
+const SCAN_RESULTS_DIR_NAME = '.vuln-scans'
+const SCAN_RESULTS_DIR_PATH = paths.base(SCAN_RESULTS_DIR_NAME)
+
+const log = message => debug.log(message)
+log.success = message => debug.log(`✔ ${message}`)
+
+const ensureDirExists = path => {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(path)) {
+    sh(`mkdir -p ${path}`)
+  }
+}
+
+const getTodayScanFilePath = () => {
+  const now = new Date()
+
+  const year = now.getUTCFullYear()
+  const month = now.getUTCMonth() + 1
+  const date = now.getUTCDate()
+
+  const fileName = `snyk-scanned-${year}-${month}-${date}`
+
+  return path.resolve(SCAN_RESULTS_DIR_PATH, fileName)
+}
+
+const recentlyChecked = () => {
+  const recentCheckFilePath = getTodayScanFilePath()
+  return fs.existsSync(recentCheckFilePath)
+}
+
+const registerRecentSucessfulScan = async () => {
+  ensureDirExists(SCAN_RESULTS_DIR_PATH)
+
+  const recentScanFilePath = getTodayScanFilePath()
+  await sh(`touch ${recentScanFilePath}`)
+}
+
+/**
+ * The following strategy is used to perform vulnerabilites scan
+ * - check if there is marker of recent sucessful scan
+ * - if this marker exists, skip checks
+ * - if there is no marker, perform check
+ * - if check is successful, create successful check marker
+ */
+task('test:vulns', async () => {
+  if (recentlyChecked()) {
+    log.success('Vulnerabilities check was already performed recently, skipping..')
+    return
+  }
+
+  log('Scanning dependency packages for vulnerabilities..')
+  await sh(`yarn snyk test`)
+  log.success('Vulnerability scan is successfully passed.')
+
+  registerRecentSucessfulScan()
+})
diff --git a/gulpfile.ts b/gulpfile.ts
index ba23bc51e9..c34184f67a 100644
--- a/gulpfile.ts
+++ b/gulpfile.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ require('./build/gulp/tasks/screener')
 require('./build/gulp/tasks/git')
 require('./build/gulp/tasks/test-unit')
 require('./build/gulp/tasks/test-projects')
+require('./build/gulp/tasks/test-vulns')
 
 // global tasks
 task('build', series('dll', parallel('dist', 'build:docs')))
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a9d2b60649..d645944e84 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "pretest": "yarn satisfied",
     "test": "gulp test",
     "test:watch": "gulp test:watch",
-    "test:vulns": "snyk test",
+    "test:vulns": "gulp test:vulns",
     "test:visual": "gulp screener",
     "test:projects": "gulp test:projects",
     "generate:component": "gulp generate:component"