diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bacbcba87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+export TF_ACC=true
+export TF_LOG=DEBUG
+dotenv_if_exists .env # You can create a .env file with your env vars for this project. You can also use .secrets if you are using act. See the line below.
+dotenv_if_exists .secrets # Used by [act](https://nektosact.com/) to load secrets into the pipelines
+strict_env
+env_vars_required SYSDIG_SECURE_API_TOKEN SYSDIG_MONITOR_API_TOKEN
diff --git a/.envrc.template b/.envrc.template
deleted file mode 100644
index 1de083324..000000000
--- a/.envrc.template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# export SYSDIG_SECURE_URL=https://secure.sysdig.com
-
-# credentials
-export SYSDIG_SECURE_API_TOKEN=
-export SYSDIG_MONITOR_API_TOKEN=
-
-
-# whether to run local acc test
-export TF_ACC=false
-
-# terraform log level
-export TF_LOG=DEBUG
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1605ac60b..05a012097 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 *.dll
 *.exe
 .DS_Store
-.envrc
 .env
+.secrets
 .direnv/
 example.tf
 terraform.tfplan
@@ -54,4 +54,4 @@ oanc
 # Local test folder
 local-terraform-test/
 dist/
-.secrets
+
diff --git a/sysdig/internal/client/v2/vulnerability_policy_model.go b/sysdig/internal/client/v2/vulnerability_policy_model.go
index dffbaa385..20b30ad66 100644
--- a/sysdig/internal/client/v2/vulnerability_policy_model.go
+++ b/sysdig/internal/client/v2/vulnerability_policy_model.go
@@ -19,5 +19,7 @@ type Stage struct {
 }
 
 type Configuration struct {
-	Scope string `json:"scope"`
+	Scope              string `json:"scope"`
+	Behaviour          string `json:"behaviour,omitempty"`
+	UnknownImageAction string `json:"unknownImageAction,omitempty"`
 }
diff --git a/sysdig/resource_sysdig_secure_vulnerability_policy.go b/sysdig/resource_sysdig_secure_vulnerability_policy.go
index af2d7f4dc..6144ed98b 100644
--- a/sysdig/resource_sysdig_secure_vulnerability_policy.go
+++ b/sysdig/resource_sysdig_secure_vulnerability_policy.go
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ func resourceSysdigSecureVulnerabilityPolicy() *schema.Resource {
 			"stages": {
 				Type:     schema.TypeSet,
 				Optional: true,
+				Set: func(a any) int {
+					in := a.(map[string]any)
+					return schema.HashString(in["name"])
+				},
 				Elem: &schema.Resource{
 					Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
 						"name": {
@@ -67,6 +71,7 @@ func resourceSysdigSecureVulnerabilityPolicy() *schema.Resource {
 									"pipeline",
 									"registry",
 									"runtime",
+									"admission_control",
 								}, false)),
 						},
 						"configuration": {
@@ -79,6 +84,18 @@ func resourceSysdigSecureVulnerabilityPolicy() *schema.Resource {
 										Required:    true,
 										Description: "Scope expression for this stage",
 									},
+									"failure_action": {
+										Type:         schema.TypeString,
+										Optional:     true,
+										Description:  "Required for `admission_control` stage only. Policy Failure Action. What should happen if the policy fails (aka: there's a rule vioation)",
+										ValidateFunc: validation.StringInSlice([]string{"reject", "warn"}, false),
+									},
+									"unknown_image_action": {
+										Type:         schema.TypeString,
+										Optional:     true,
+										Description:  "Required for `admission_control` stage only. Unknown Image Action. What should happen if the image is unknown.",
+										ValidateFunc: validation.StringInSlice([]string{"reject", "rejectAndScan", "warn"}, false),
+									},
 								},
 							},
 						},
@@ -193,6 +210,14 @@ func vulnerabilityPolicyStagesToMap(policyStages []v2.Stage) []map[string]any {
 			newConfig := map[string]any{
 				"scope": stageconfig.Scope,
 			}
+
+			if stageconfig.Behaviour != "" {
+				newConfig["failure_action"] = stageconfig.Behaviour
+			}
+
+			if stageconfig.UnknownImageAction != "" {
+				newConfig["unknown_image_action"] = stageconfig.UnknownImageAction
+			}
 			configsMap = append(configsMap, newConfig)
 		}
 
@@ -297,7 +322,19 @@ func vulnerabilityPolicyConfigsFromSet(set *schema.Set) []v2.Configuration {
 	for _, raw := range set.List() {
 		rawMap := raw.(map[string]any)
 
-		out = append(out, v2.Configuration{Scope: rawMap["scope"].(string)})
+		config := v2.Configuration{
+			Scope: rawMap["scope"].(string),
+		}
+
+		if raw, ok := rawMap["failure_action"]; ok {
+			config.Behaviour = raw.(string)
+		}
+
+		if raw, ok := rawMap["unknown_image_action"]; ok {
+			config.UnknownImageAction = raw.(string)
+		}
+
+		out = append(out, config)
 	}
 
 	return out
diff --git a/sysdig/resource_sysdig_secure_vulnerability_policy_test.go b/sysdig/resource_sysdig_secure_vulnerability_policy_test.go
index 2fbad888f..42734aefc 100644
--- a/sysdig/resource_sysdig_secure_vulnerability_policy_test.go
+++ b/sysdig/resource_sysdig_secure_vulnerability_policy_test.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func TestAccVulnerabilityPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 				Check: resource.ComposeTestCheckFunc(
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("sysdig_secure_vulnerability_policy.sample", "bundles.#", "2"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("sysdig_secure_vulnerability_policy.sample", "bundles.0", "1"),
-					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("sysdig_secure_vulnerability_policy.sample", "stages.#", "3"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr("sysdig_secure_vulnerability_policy.sample", "stages.#", "4"),
 				),
 			},
 			{
@@ -90,6 +90,14 @@ resource "sysdig_secure_vulnerability_policy" "sample" {
       scope = "agent.tag.cluster = \"my-cluster\""
     }
   }
+  stages {
+  	name = "admission_control"
+  	configuration {
+      scope = "not kubernetes.namespace.name in (\"sysdig\", \"sysdig-agent\")"
+      failure_action = "reject"
+      unknown_image_action = "rejectAndScan"
+    }
+  }
 }
 `, suffix, suffix, suffix)
 }
diff --git a/website/docs/r/secure_vulnerability_policy.md b/website/docs/r/secure_vulnerability_policy.md
index 52c7a27fe..4b096e3e1 100644
--- a/website/docs/r/secure_vulnerability_policy.md
+++ b/website/docs/r/secure_vulnerability_policy.md
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ resource "sysdig_secure_vulnerability_policy" "vulnerability_policy_example" {
       scope = "container.image != ''"
     }
   }
+
+  stages {
+    name = "admission_control"
+    configuration {
+      scope                = "kubernetes.cluster.name = 'my-cluster'"
+      failure_action       = "reject"
+      unknown_image_action = "rejectAndScan"
+    }
+  }
 }
 ```
 
@@ -38,12 +47,14 @@ resource "sysdig_secure_vulnerability_policy" "vulnerability_policy_example" {
 
 ### Stages block
 
-* `name` - (Required) Must be one of `pipeline`, `registry`, or `runtime`.
+* `name` - (Required) Must be one of `pipeline`, `registry`, `runtime`, or `admission_control`.
 * `configuration` - (Optional) Configuration block for the stage. If no configuration is provided, it will apply to any workload in this stage.
 
 ### Configuration block
 
 * `scope` - (Required) Scope expression defining the stage applicability.
+* `failure_action` - (Optional) Required for `admission_control` stage only. Policy Failure Action. What should happen if the policy fails (aka: there's a rule vioation). Must be one of `reject` or `warn`.
+* `unknown_image_action` - (Optional) Required for `admission_control` stage only. Unknown Image Action. What should happen if the image is unknown. Must be one of `reject`, `rejectAndScan`, or `warn`.
 
 ## Attributes Reference