diff --git a/terraform/environment/wildsea-dev/plan b/terraform/environment/wildsea-dev/plan
index b31203bf..ca1bf49a 100644
Binary files a/terraform/environment/wildsea-dev/plan and b/terraform/environment/wildsea-dev/plan differ
diff --git a/terraform/module/iac-roles/policy.tf b/terraform/module/iac-roles/policy.tf
index babc7eef..79476b04 100644
--- a/terraform/module/iac-roles/policy.tf
+++ b/terraform/module/iac-roles/policy.tf
@@ -295,15 +295,16 @@ data "aws_iam_policy_document" "rw" {
   statement {
     actions = [
       "wafv2:CreateWebACL",
+      "wafv2:UpdateWebACL",
     ]
     resources = [
-      "arn:aws:wafv2:ap-southeast-2:021891603679:regional/managedruleset/*/*"
+      "arn:aws:wafv2:ap-southeast-2:021891603679:regional/managedruleset/*/*",
+      "arn:aws:wafv2:ap-southeast-2:021891603679:regional/webacl/*/*",
     ]
   }
 
   statement {
     actions = [
-      "wafv2:UpdateWebACL",
       "wafv2:DeleteWebACL",
       "wafv2:ListTagsForResource",
       "wafv2:AssociateWebACL",
@@ -522,15 +523,16 @@ data "aws_iam_policy_document" "rw_boundary" {
   statement {
     actions = [
       "wafv2:CreateWebACL",
+      "wafv2:UpdateWebACL",
     ]
     resources = [
-      "arn:aws:wafv2:ap-southeast-2:021891603679:regional/managedruleset/*/*"
+      "arn:aws:wafv2:ap-southeast-2:021891603679:regional/managedruleset/*/*",
+      "arn:aws:wafv2:ap-southeast-2:021891603679:regional/webacl/*/*",
     ]
   }
 
   statement {
     actions = [
-      "wafv2:UpdateWebACL",
       "wafv2:DeleteWebACL",
       "wafv2:UpdatebACL",
       "wafv2:ListTagsForResource",
diff --git a/terraform/module/wildsea/graphql.tf b/terraform/module/wildsea/graphql.tf
index 26dd77ef..53167286 100644
--- a/terraform/module/wildsea/graphql.tf
+++ b/terraform/module/wildsea/graphql.tf
@@ -59,11 +59,16 @@ resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "grahql_log" {
 }
 
 resource "aws_wafv2_web_acl_association" "graphql" {
+  count = var.enable_waf ? 1 : 0
+
   resource_arn = aws_appsync_graphql_api.graphql.arn
-  web_acl_arn  = aws_wafv2_web_acl.graphql.arn
+  web_acl_arn  = aws_wafv2_web_acl.graphql[0].arn
 }
 
 resource "aws_wafv2_web_acl" "graphql" {
+  # checkov:skip=CKV2_AWS_31:Full logging could be too expensive
+  count = var.enable_waf ? 1 : 0
+
   name  = "${var.prefix}-graphql-waf"
   scope = "REGIONAL"
 
@@ -88,7 +93,7 @@ resource "aws_wafv2_web_acl" "graphql" {
     }
 
     visibility_config {
-      cloudwatch_metrics_enabled = false
+      cloudwatch_metrics_enabled = true
       metric_name                = "Ratelimit"
       sampled_requests_enabled   = false
     }
@@ -105,14 +110,12 @@ resource "aws_wafv2_web_acl" "graphql" {
       }
     }
     override_action {
-      count {
-
-      }
+      none {}
     }
     visibility_config {
       cloudwatch_metrics_enabled = true
       metric_name                = "AWSManagedRulesCommonRuleSet"
-      sampled_requests_enabled   = true
+      sampled_requests_enabled   = false
     }
   }
 
@@ -126,14 +129,31 @@ resource "aws_wafv2_web_acl" "graphql" {
       }
     }
     override_action {
-      count {
+      none {}
+    }
+    visibility_config {
+      cloudwatch_metrics_enabled = true
+      metric_name                = "AWSManagedRulesAmazonIpReputationList"
+      sampled_requests_enabled   = false
+    }
+  }
 
+  rule {
+    name     = "AWSManagedRulesKnownBadInputsRuleSet"
+    priority = 40
+    statement {
+      managed_rule_group_statement {
+        name        = "AWSManagedRulesKnownBadInputsRuleSet"
+        vendor_name = "AWS"
       }
     }
+    override_action {
+      none {}
+    }
     visibility_config {
       cloudwatch_metrics_enabled = true
-      metric_name                = "AWSManagedRulesAmazonIpReputationList"
-      sampled_requests_enabled   = true
+      metric_name                = "AWSManagedRulesKnownBadInputsRuleSet"
+      sampled_requests_enabled   = false
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/terraform/module/wildsea/main.tf b/terraform/module/wildsea/main.tf
index 61c12747..3aadc378 100644
--- a/terraform/module/wildsea/main.tf
+++ b/terraform/module/wildsea/main.tf
@@ -11,3 +11,9 @@ variable "saml_metadata_url" {
   description = "SAML metadata URL"
   type        = string
 }
+
+variable "enable_waf" {
+  description = "Enable WAF? Has codt implications"
+  type        = bool
+  default     = false
+}