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description: Understand how Cloud Workload Security combines workloads, policy sets, and Rego checks to validate API requests.
title: Concepts
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# Concepts

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[Request Validation](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/cloud-workload-security/concepts/request-validation/) explains how workload scope, policy filters, Rego checks, and enforcement settings determine request decisions.

To configure these controls, follow [Configure policies](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/cloud-workload-security/guides/configure-policies/). To connect your first proxy, follow [Get started](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/cloud-workload-security/get-started/).

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