diff --git a/src/lib/processors/validate-processor.test.ts b/src/lib/processors/validate-processor.test.ts
index f54cdfc6..b7550da3 100644
--- a/src/lib/processors/validate-processor.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/processors/validate-processor.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,34 @@ import { AdmissionRequest, Binding, Filters } from "../types";
 import { Event, Operation } from "../enums";
 import { PeprValidateRequest } from "../validate-request";
 import { clone } from "ramda";
-import * as sut from "./validate-processor";
+import { processRequest, validateProcessor } from "./validate-processor";
+import { ModuleConfig } from "../types";
+import { Capability } from "../core/capability";
+import { MeasureWebhookTimeout } from "../telemetry/webhookTimeouts";
+import * as utils from "../utils";
+import { shouldSkipRequest } from "../filter/filter";
+
+jest.mock("../telemetry/logger", () => ({
+  info: jest.fn(),
+  debug: jest.fn(),
+  error: jest.fn(),
+}));
+
+jest.mock("../telemetry/metrics", () => ({
+  metricsCollector: {
+    addCounter: jest.fn(),
+    incCounter: jest.fn(),
+  },
+  MeasureWebhookTimeout: jest.fn(),
+}));
+
+jest.mock("../telemetry/timeUtils", () => ({
+  getNow: jest.fn(() => 1000),
+}));
+
+jest.mock("../filter/filter", () => ({
+  shouldSkipRequest: jest.fn(),
+}));
 
 const testFilters: Filters = {
   annotations: {},
@@ -71,7 +98,7 @@ describe("processRequest", () => {
     const callback = jest.fn().mockImplementation(() => cbResult) as Binding["validateCallback"];
     binding = { ...clone(testBinding), validateCallback: callback };
 
-    const result = await sut.processRequest(binding, actionMetadata, peprValidateRequest);
+    const result = await processRequest(binding, actionMetadata, peprValidateRequest);
 
     expect(result).toEqual({
       uid: peprValidateRequest.Request.uid,
@@ -89,7 +116,7 @@ describe("processRequest", () => {
     }) as Binding["validateCallback"];
     binding = { ...clone(testBinding), validateCallback: callback };
 
-    const result = await sut.processRequest(binding, actionMetadata, peprValidateRequest);
+    const result = await processRequest(binding, actionMetadata, peprValidateRequest);
 
     expect(result).toEqual({
       uid: peprValidateRequest.Request.uid,
@@ -101,3 +128,134 @@ describe("processRequest", () => {
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe("validateProcessor", () => {
+  let config: ModuleConfig;
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
+    config = {
+      webhookTimeout: 11,
+      uuid: "some-uuid",
+      alwaysIgnore: {},
+    };
+  });
+  it("should measure if a timeout occurred based on webhookTimeout", async () => {
+    const capability = new Capability({
+      name: "test",
+      description: "test",
+    });
+
+    const req = testAdmissionRequest;
+    const reqMetadata = {};
+
+    const spyStart = jest.spyOn(MeasureWebhookTimeout.prototype, "start");
+
+    await validateProcessor(config, [capability], req, reqMetadata);
+
+    expect(spyStart).toHaveBeenCalledWith(config.webhookTimeout);
+    spyStart.mockRestore();
+  });
+
+  it("should call convertFromBase64Map if the kind is a Secret", async () => {
+    const capability = new Capability({
+      name: "test",
+      description: "test",
+    });
+    const testGroupVersionKind: GroupVersionKind = {
+      kind: "Secret",
+      version: "v1",
+      group: "",
+    };
+    const req: AdmissionRequest = { ...testAdmissionRequest, kind: testGroupVersionKind };
+    const reqMetadata = {};
+
+    const spyConvert = jest.spyOn(utils, "convertFromBase64Map");
+
+    await validateProcessor(config, [capability], req, reqMetadata);
+
+    expect(spyConvert).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    spyConvert.mockRestore();
+  });
+
+  it("should stop the timer after processing", async () => {
+    const capability = new Capability({
+      name: "test",
+      description: "test",
+    });
+
+    const req = testAdmissionRequest;
+    const reqMetadata = {};
+
+    const spyStop = jest.spyOn(MeasureWebhookTimeout.prototype, "stop");
+
+    await validateProcessor(config, [capability], req, reqMetadata);
+
+    expect(spyStop).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    spyStop.mockRestore();
+  });
+
+  it("should skip bindings that do not have validateCallback", async () => {
+    config = {
+      webhookTimeout: 10,
+      uuid: "some-uuid",
+      alwaysIgnore: {},
+    };
+
+    const capability = new Capability({
+      name: "test",
+      description: "test",
+      bindings: [
+        {
+          isValidate: true,
+          validateCallback: undefined,
+        },
+      ],
+    } as unknown as Capability);
+
+    const req = testAdmissionRequest;
+    const reqMetadata = {};
+
+    // This rule is skipped because we cannot mock this function globally as it is tested above
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports
+    const spyProcessRequest = jest.spyOn(require("./validate-processor"), "processRequest");
+
+    await validateProcessor(config, [capability], req, reqMetadata);
+
+    expect(spyProcessRequest).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    spyProcessRequest.mockRestore();
+  });
+
+  it("should skip bindings if shouldSkipRequest returns a reason", async () => {
+    config = {
+      webhookTimeout: 10,
+      uuid: "some-uuid",
+      alwaysIgnore: {},
+    };
+
+    const capability = new Capability({
+      name: "test",
+      description: "test",
+      bindings: [
+        {
+          isValidate: true,
+          validateCallback: jest.fn(),
+        },
+      ],
+    } as unknown as Capability);
+
+    const req = testAdmissionRequest;
+    const reqMetadata = {};
+
+    // This rule is skipped because we cannot mock this function globally as it is tested above
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-require-imports
+    const spyProcessRequest = jest.spyOn(require("./validate-processor"), "processRequest");
+    (shouldSkipRequest as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue("Skip reason");
+
+    await validateProcessor(config, [capability], req, reqMetadata);
+
+    expect(spyProcessRequest).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+    spyProcessRequest.mockRestore();
+  });
+});