<project ...>
    <groupId>com.examle.app</groupId>
    <artifactId>app-parent</artifactId>
    <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <packaging>pom</packaging>

    <profiles>
        <profile>
            <id>security</id>
            <build>
                <plugins>
                    <plugin>
                        <groupId>org.owasp</groupId>
                        <artifactId>dependency-check-maven</artifactId>
                        <version>${dependency-check-maven.version}</version>
                        <configuration>
                            <failBuildOnCVSS>11</failBuildOnCVSS>
                            <format>ALL</format>
                            <suppressionFile>Parent_Root_Dir/owasp_suppress_false_positives.xml</suppressionFile>
                            <outputDirectory>Child_Root_Dir/owasp_output</outputDirectory>
                        </configuration>
                        <executions>
                            <execution>
                                <goals>
                                    <goal>check</goal>
                                </goals>
                                <phase>verify</phase>
                            </execution>
                        </executions>
                    </plugin>
                </plugins>
            </build>
        </profile>
    </profiles>
</project>

<project ...>
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <parent>
        <groupId>com.example.app</groupId>
        <artifactId>app-parent</artifactId>
        <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    </parent>

    <artifactId>app-child1</artifactId>
    <version>0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
    <name>Child1</name>

    .
    .
    .

</project>

parent-project
    - pom.xml
child1-project
    - pom.xml
child2-project
    - pom.xml
.
.
.

<properties>
    <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
</properties>