diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c15a133..f3e8e6b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# KICS Github Action
+# KICS GitHub Action
 
 [![License: GPL-3.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPL3.0-yellow.svg)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses)
 [![Latest Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/checkmarx/kics-github-action)](https://github.com/checkmarx/kics-github-action/releases)
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ And ensure that you're using the <a href="https://github.com/Checkmarx/kics-gith
 | exclude_categories                        | 'Observability,Networking and Firewall'                | exclude categories by providing its name, comma separated list                                                                                              | String  | No       | N/A                                                    |
 | exclude_results                           | 'd4a1fa80-d9d8-450f-87c2-e1f6669c41f8'                 | exclude results by providing the similarity ID of a result                                                                                                  | String  | No       | N/A                                                    |
 | exclude_severities                        | 'info,low'                                             | exclude results by providing the severity of a result                                                                                                       | String  | No       | N/A                                                    |
+| exclude_gitignore                         |                                                        | disables the exclusion of paths specified within .gitignore file                                                                                             | Boolean  | No       | false                                                    |
 | include_queries                           | a227ec01-f97a-4084-91a4-47b350c1db54                   | include only specified list of queries to the scan, cannot be provided with query exclusion flags                                                           | String  | No       | N/A                                                    |
 | output_formats                            | 'json,sarif'                                           | formats in which the results report will be exported                                                                                                        | String  | No       | json                                                   |
 | output_path                               | myResults/                                             | file path to store result in json format                                                                                                                    | String  | No       | "./"                                                   |
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ And ensure that you're using the <a href="https://github.com/Checkmarx/kics-gith
 | disable_secrets                           | false                                                  | disable secrets detection                                                                                                                                   | Boolean | false    |
 | secrets_regexes_path                      | ./mydir/secrets-config.json                            | path to custom secrets regex rules configuration file                                                                                                       | String  | No       | N/A                                                    |
 | libraries_path                            | ./myLibsDir                                            | path to directory with Rego libraries                                                                                                                       | String  | No       | N/A                                                    |
+| cloud_provider                            | aws,azure                                            | list of cloud providers to scan (alicloud, aws, azure, gcp)                                                                                                                       | String  | No       | N/A                                                    |
 
 
 ## Simple usage example
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index a67c9f9..833bff5 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ inputs:
   exclude_severities:
     description: "exclude results by providing the severity of a result"
     required: false
+  exclude_gitignore:
+    description: "disables the exclusion of paths specified within .gitignore file"
+    required: false
   output_formats:
     description: "formats in which the results report will be exported (json, sarif)"
     required: false
@@ -90,6 +93,9 @@ inputs:
   bom:
     description: "include bill of materials (BoM) in results output"
     required: false
+  cloud_provider:
+    description: "list of cloud providers to scan (alicloud, aws, azure, gcp)"
+    required: false
 branding:
   icon: "shield"
   color: "green"
@@ -117,6 +123,7 @@ runs:
     - ${{ inputs.exclude_categories }}
     - ${{ inputs.exclude_results }}
     - ${{ inputs.exclude_severities }}
+    - ${{ inputs.exclude_gitignore}}
     - ${{ inputs.output_formats }}
     - ${{ inputs.output_path }}
     - ${{ inputs.payload_path }}
@@ -128,3 +135,4 @@ runs:
     - ${{ inputs.disable_full_descriptions }}
     - ${{ inputs.libraries_path }}
     - ${{ inputs.secrets_regexes_path}}
+    - ${{ inputs.cloud_provider}}
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index 18caeef..785dae4 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ fi
 [[ ! -z "$INPUT_EXCLUDE_SEVERITIES" ]] && EXCLUDE_SEVERITIES_PARAM="--exclude-severities $INPUT_EXCLUDE_SEVERITIES"
 [[ ! -z "$INPUT_EXCLUDE_QUERIES" ]] && EXCLUDE_QUERIES_PARAM="--exclude-queries $INPUT_EXCLUDE_QUERIES"
 [[ ! -z "$INPUT_EXCLUDE_CATEGORIES" ]] && EXCLUDE_CATEGORIES_PARAM="--exclude-categories $INPUT_EXCLUDE_CATEGORIES"
+[[ ! -z "$INPUT_EXCLUDE_GITIGNORE" ]] && EXCLUDE_GITIGNORE="--exclude-gitignore"
 [[ ! -z "$INPUT_PLATFORM_TYPE" ]] && PLATFORM_TYPE_PARAM="--type $INPUT_PLATFORM_TYPE"
 [[ ! -z "$INPUT_FAIL_ON" ]] && FAIL_ON_PARAM="--fail-on $INPUT_FAIL_ON"
 [[ ! -z "$INPUT_TIMEOUT" ]] && TIMEOUT_PARAM="--timeout $INPUT_TIMEOUT"
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ fi
 [[ ! -z "$INPUT_LIBRARIES_PATH" ]] && LIBRARIES_PATH_PARAM="-b $INPUT_LIBRARIES_PATH"
 [[ ! -z "$INPUT_SECRETS_REGEXES_PATH" ]] && SECRETS_REGEXES_PATH_PARAM="-r $INPUT_SECRETS_REGEXES_PATH"
 [[ ! -z "$INPUT_IGNORE_ON_EXIT" ]] && IGNORE_ON_EXIT_PARAM="--ignore-on-exit $INPUT_IGNORE_ON_EXIT"
+[[ ! -z "$INPUT_CLOUD_PROVIDER" ]] && CLOUD_PROVIDER="--cloud-provider $CLOUD_PROVIDER"
 
 [[ ! -z "$INPUT_VERBOSE" ]] && VERBOSE_PARAM="-v"
 
@@ -74,8 +76,8 @@ fi
 ####################
 cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
 echo "${DATETIME} - INF : about to scan directory $INPUT_PATH"
-echo "${DATETIME} - INF : kics command kics $INPUT_PARAM $OUTPUT_PATH_PARAM $OUTPUT_FORMATS_PARAM $PLATFORM_TYPE_PARAM $PAYLOAD_PATH_PARAM $CONFIG_PATH_PARAM $EXCLUDE_PATHS_PARAM $EXCLUDE_CATEGORIES_PARAM $EXCLUDE_RESULTS_PARAM $EXCLUDE_SEVERITIES_PARAM $EXCLUDE_QUERIES_PARAM $QUERIES_PARAM $VERBOSE_PARAM $IGNORE_ON_EXIT_PARAM $FAIL_ON_PARAM $TIMEOUT_PARAM $PROFILING_PARAM $BOM_PARAM $INCLUDE_QUERIES_PARAM $DISABLE_SECRETS_PARAM $DISABLE_FULL_DESCRIPTIONS_PARAM $LIBRARIES_PATH_PARAM $SECRETS_REGEXES_PATH_PARAM"
-/app/bin/kics scan --no-progress $INPUT_PARAM $OUTPUT_PATH_PARAM $OUTPUT_FORMATS_PARAM $PLATFORM_TYPE_PARAM $PAYLOAD_PATH_PARAM $CONFIG_PATH_PARAM $EXCLUDE_PATHS_PARAM $EXCLUDE_CATEGORIES_PARAM $EXCLUDE_RESULTS_PARAM $EXCLUDE_SEVERITIES_PARAM $EXCLUDE_QUERIES_PARAM $QUERIES_PARAM $VERBOSE_PARAM $IGNORE_ON_EXIT_PARAM $FAIL_ON_PARAM $TIMEOUT_PARAM $PROFILING_PARAM $BOM_PARAM $INCLUDE_QUERIES_PARAM $DISABLE_SECRETS_PARAM $DISABLE_FULL_DESCRIPTIONS_PARAM $LIBRARIES_PATH_PARAM $SECRETS_REGEXES_PATH_PARAM
+echo "${DATETIME} - INF : kics command kics $INPUT_PARAM $OUTPUT_PATH_PARAM $OUTPUT_FORMATS_PARAM $PLATFORM_TYPE_PARAM $PAYLOAD_PATH_PARAM $CONFIG_PATH_PARAM $EXCLUDE_PATHS_PARAM $EXCLUDE_CATEGORIES_PARAM $EXCLUDE_RESULTS_PARAM $EXCLUDE_SEVERITIES_PARAM $EXCLUDE_QUERIES_PARAM $EXCLUDE_GITIGNORE $QUERIES_PARAM $VERBOSE_PARAM $IGNORE_ON_EXIT_PARAM $FAIL_ON_PARAM $TIMEOUT_PARAM $PROFILING_PARAM $BOM_PARAM $INCLUDE_QUERIES_PARAM $DISABLE_SECRETS_PARAM $DISABLE_FULL_DESCRIPTIONS_PARAM $LIBRARIES_PATH_PARAM $SECRETS_REGEXES_PATH_PARAM $CLOUD_PROVIDER"
+/app/bin/kics scan --no-progress $INPUT_PARAM $OUTPUT_PATH_PARAM $OUTPUT_FORMATS_PARAM $PLATFORM_TYPE_PARAM $PAYLOAD_PATH_PARAM $CONFIG_PATH_PARAM $EXCLUDE_PATHS_PARAM $EXCLUDE_CATEGORIES_PARAM $EXCLUDE_RESULTS_PARAM $EXCLUDE_SEVERITIES_PARAM $EXCLUDE_QUERIES_PARAM $EXCLUDE_GITIGNORE $QUERIES_PARAM $VERBOSE_PARAM $IGNORE_ON_EXIT_PARAM $FAIL_ON_PARAM $TIMEOUT_PARAM $PROFILING_PARAM $BOM_PARAM $INCLUDE_QUERIES_PARAM $DISABLE_SECRETS_PARAM $DISABLE_FULL_DESCRIPTIONS_PARAM $LIBRARIES_PATH_PARAM $SECRETS_REGEXES_PATH_PARAM $CLOUD_PROVIDER
 
 export KICS_EXIT_CODE=$?