diff --git a/.safety-check-policy.yml b/.safety-check-policy.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f8bd82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.safety-check-policy.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Safety Security and License Configuration file
+security: # configuration for the `safety check` command
+    ignore-cvss-severity-below: 0 # A severity number between 0 and 10. Some helpful reference points: 9=ignore all vulnerabilities except CRITICAL severity. 7=ignore all vulnerabilities except CRITICAL 
+    ignore-cvss-unknown-severity: False # True or False. We recommend you set this to False.
+    ignore-vulnerabilities: # Here you can list multiple specific vulnerabilities you want to ignore (optionally for a time period)
+        # We recommend making use of the optional `reason` and `expires` keys for each vulnerability that you ignore.
+        70612: # Example vulnerability ID
+            reason: we do not use the vulnerable function # optional, for internal note purposes to communicate with your team. This reason will be reported in the Safety reports
+            expires: '2025-01-01' # datetime string - date this ignore will expire, best practice to use this variable
+    continue-on-vulnerability-error: False # Suppress non-zero exit codes when vulnerabilities are found. Enable this in pipelines and CI/CD processes if you want to pass builds that have vulnerabilities
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diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index 0da75bd..753ee91 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -142,7 +142,9 @@ def safety(session: Session) -> None:
     """Scan dependencies for insecure packages."""
     requirements = session.poetry.export_requirements()
     session.install("safety")
-    session.run("safety", "check", "--full-report", f"--file={requirements}")
+    session.run("safety", "check", 
+                "--policy-file", ".safety-check-policy.yml", 
+                "--full-report", f"--file={requirements}")
 
 
 @session(python=python_versions)