diff --git a/.checkmarx/config.yaml b/.checkmarx/config.yaml
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--- a/.checkmarx/config.yaml
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@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-version: 1
-
-checkmarx: 
-  scan:
-    #optional
-    tags:
-       "fromConfig": "true"
-
-    project:
-      tags: 
-        "fromConfig": "true"
-
-    configs:
-      sast:
-        presetName: 'Checkmarx Default'
-        incremental: 'true'
diff --git a/.checkmarx/config.yml b/.checkmarx/config.yml
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+version: 1
+
+# checkmarx-specific related configuration
+# every value in this section is optional 
+checkmarx: 
+  # configure the checkmarx scan parameters for scanning this specific project
+  scan:
+    # configure the checkmarx scan configurations for scanning this specific project
+    configs:
+      # configure the SAST related configurations this specific project
+      sast:
+        # configure the SAST preset name used for this specific project
+        presetName: 'All'
+         # configure if this specific project will be run incrementally or will it run a full scan 
+        incremental: 'false'
+        languageMode: 'multi'
+        filter: '!*.java,!*.cpp'
+        engineVerbose: 'true'
+        lightQueries: 'true'
+      sca:
+        filter: '!*.cpp'
+      kics:
+        filter: '*.java'
+        platforms: 'Ansible,CloudFormation,Dockerfile'