diff --git a/ghost-core/Cargo.toml b/ghost-core/Cargo.toml
index 6aeaa6f..1e0e098 100644
--- a/ghost-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ghost-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0"
 uuid = { version = "1.0", features = ["v4"] }
+toml = "0.8"
 
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
 windows = { version = "0.58", features = [
diff --git a/ghost-core/src/config.rs b/ghost-core/src/config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fbfd7fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ghost-core/src/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::fs;
+use std::path::Path;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct DetectionConfig {
+    pub shellcode_detection: bool,
+    pub hollowing_detection: bool,
+    pub hook_detection: bool,
+    pub confidence_threshold: f32,
+    pub skip_system_processes: bool,
+    pub max_memory_scan_size: usize,
+    pub thread_analysis_enabled: bool,
+}
+
+impl Default for DetectionConfig {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            shellcode_detection: true,
+            hollowing_detection: true,
+            hook_detection: true,
+            confidence_threshold: 0.7,
+            skip_system_processes: true,
+            max_memory_scan_size: 1024 * 1024 * 100, // 100MB
+            thread_analysis_enabled: true,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl DetectionConfig {
+    pub fn load_from_file<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+        let content = fs::read_to_string(path)?;
+        let config: DetectionConfig = toml::from_str(&content)?;
+        Ok(config)
+    }
+
+    pub fn save_to_file<P: AsRef<Path>>(&self, path: P) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+        let content = toml::to_string_pretty(self)?;
+        fs::write(path, content)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn load_or_default<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Self {
+        Self::load_from_file(path).unwrap_or_default()
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct ProcessFilter {
+    pub whitelist: Vec<String>,
+    pub blacklist: Vec<String>,
+    pub system_processes: Vec<String>,
+}
+
+impl Default for ProcessFilter {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            whitelist: vec![],
+            blacklist: vec![],
+            system_processes: vec![
+                "csrss.exe".to_string(),
+                "wininit.exe".to_string(),
+                "winlogon.exe".to_string(),
+                "dwm.exe".to_string(),
+                "explorer.exe".to_string(),
+            ],
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl ProcessFilter {
+    pub fn should_scan(&self, process_name: &str) -> bool {
+        // If whitelist is not empty, only scan whitelisted processes
+        if !self.whitelist.is_empty() {
+            return self.whitelist.iter().any(|name| process_name.contains(name));
+        }
+
+        // Skip blacklisted processes
+        if self.blacklist.iter().any(|name| process_name.contains(name)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // Skip system processes if configured
+        if self.system_processes.iter().any(|name| process_name == name) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        true
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_default_config() {
+        let config = DetectionConfig::default();
+        assert!(config.shellcode_detection);
+        assert_eq!(config.confidence_threshold, 0.7);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_process_filter() {
+        let filter = ProcessFilter::default();
+        assert!(!filter.should_scan("csrss.exe"));
+        assert!(filter.should_scan("notepad.exe"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_whitelist_filter() {
+        let filter = ProcessFilter {
+            whitelist: vec!["notepad.exe".to_string()],
+            blacklist: vec![],
+            system_processes: vec![],
+        };
+        assert!(filter.should_scan("notepad.exe"));
+        assert!(!filter.should_scan("malware.exe"));
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ghost-core/src/lib.rs b/ghost-core/src/lib.rs
index 549fe06..1a4d727 100644
--- a/ghost-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ghost-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 pub mod anomaly;
+pub mod config;
 pub mod detection;
 pub mod ebpf;
 pub mod testing;
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ pub mod thread;
 pub mod threat_intel;
 
 pub use anomaly::{AnomalyDetector, AnomalyScore, ProcessFeatures};
+pub use config::{DetectionConfig, ProcessFilter};
 pub use detection::{DetectionEngine, DetectionResult, ThreatLevel};
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 pub use ebpf::{EbpfDetector, EbpfEvent, EbpfError, EbpfStatistics};