diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/9847-adam-jian-zhang b/changelogs/unreleased/9847-adam-jian-zhang
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82de39ca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/9847-adam-jian-zhang
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix issue #9813, add validations for ClusterScopedFilterPolicy
diff --git a/internal/resourcepolicies/resource_policies.go b/internal/resourcepolicies/resource_policies.go
index 232633484..1eec8c8e2 100644
--- a/internal/resourcepolicies/resource_policies.go
+++ b/internal/resourcepolicies/resource_policies.go
@@ -261,6 +261,10 @@ func (p *Policies) Validate() error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if err := p.validateClusterScopedFilterPolicy(); err != nil {
+		return errors.WithStack(err)
+	}
+
 	if err := p.validateNamespacedFilterPolicies(); err != nil {
 		return errors.WithStack(err)
 	}
@@ -414,3 +418,44 @@ func (p *Policies) validateNamespacedFilterPolicies() error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (p *Policies) validateClusterScopedFilterPolicy() error {
+	if p.clusterScopedFilterPolicy == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if len(p.clusterScopedFilterPolicy.ResourceFilters) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("clusterScopedFilterPolicy: resourceFilters cannot be empty; remove the policy block entirely if it is not needed")
+	}
+
+	seenKinds := make(map[string]int)
+	for j, rf := range p.clusterScopedFilterPolicy.ResourceFilters {
+		if rf.IsCatchAll() {
+			return fmt.Errorf("clusterScopedFilterPolicy.resourceFilters[%d]: kinds must be specified (catch-all is not supported)", j)
+		}
+
+		for _, kind := range rf.Kinds {
+			if prevJ, ok := seenKinds[kind]; ok {
+				return fmt.Errorf("clusterScopedFilterPolicy: kind %q appears in both resourceFilters[%d] and resourceFilters[%d]", kind, prevJ, j)
+			}
+			seenKinds[kind] = j
+		}
+
+		if len(rf.LabelSelector) > 0 && len(rf.OrLabelSelectors) > 0 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("clusterScopedFilterPolicy.resourceFilters[%d]: labelSelector and orLabelSelectors cannot co-exist", j)
+		}
+
+		for k, pattern := range rf.Names {
+			if _, err := glob.Compile(pattern); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("clusterScopedFilterPolicy.resourceFilters[%d].names[%d]: invalid glob pattern %q: %v", j, k, pattern, err)
+			}
+		}
+		for k, pattern := range rf.ExcludedNames {
+			if _, err := glob.Compile(pattern); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("clusterScopedFilterPolicy.resourceFilters[%d].excludedNames[%d]: invalid glob pattern %q: %v", j, k, pattern, err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/resourcepolicies/resource_policies_test.go b/internal/resourcepolicies/resource_policies_test.go
index 898c6d1ca..e5736a0e8 100644
--- a/internal/resourcepolicies/resource_policies_test.go
+++ b/internal/resourcepolicies/resource_policies_test.go
@@ -1536,3 +1536,147 @@ namespacedFilterPolicies:
 	assert.Equal(t, []string{"team-*", "another-pattern"}, policy2.Namespaces)
 	assert.Equal(t, []string{"Deployment", "Service"}, policy2.ResourceFilters[0].Kinds)
 }
+
+func TestClusterScopedFilterPolicies(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name     string
+		yamlData string
+		wantErr  bool
+		errMsg   string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "valid - single kind with names",
+			yamlData: `version: v1
+clusterScopedFilterPolicy:
+  resourceFilters:
+  - kinds: ["ClusterRole"]
+    names: ["my-app-*"]`,
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "valid - multi-kind with labelSelector",
+			yamlData: `version: v1
+clusterScopedFilterPolicy:
+  resourceFilters:
+  - kinds: ["ClusterRole", "ClusterRoleBinding"]
+    labelSelector:
+      app: my-app`,
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "valid - orLabelSelectors",
+			yamlData: `version: v1
+clusterScopedFilterPolicy:
+  resourceFilters:
+  - kinds: ["CustomResourceDefinition"]
+    orLabelSelectors:
+    - app: my-app
+    - app: other-app`,
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "valid - excludedNames",
+			yamlData: `version: v1
+clusterScopedFilterPolicy:
+  resourceFilters:
+  - kinds: ["ClusterRole"]
+    names: ["my-*"]
+    excludedNames: ["my-debug-*"]`,
+			wantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "invalid - empty resourceFilters",
+			yamlData: `version: v1
+clusterScopedFilterPolicy:
+  resourceFilters: []`,
+			wantErr: true,
+			errMsg:  "resourceFilters cannot be empty; remove the policy block entirely if it is not needed",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "invalid - empty kinds in clusterScopedFilterPolicy",
+			yamlData: `version: v1
+clusterScopedFilterPolicy:
+  resourceFilters:
+  - kinds: []
+    names: ["my-app-*"]`,
+			wantErr: true,
+			errMsg:  "kinds must be specified",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "invalid - asterisk kinds (explicit catch-all) in clusterScopedFilterPolicy",
+			yamlData: `version: v1
+clusterScopedFilterPolicy:
+  resourceFilters:
+  - kinds: ["*"]
+    labelSelector:
+      app: my-app`,
+			wantErr: true,
+			errMsg:  "kinds must be specified",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "invalid - duplicate kinds across entries",
+			yamlData: `version: v1
+clusterScopedFilterPolicy:
+  resourceFilters:
+  - kinds: ["ClusterRole"]
+    names: ["my-app-*"]
+  - kinds: ["ClusterRole"]
+    labelSelector:
+      app: other`,
+			wantErr: true,
+			errMsg:  `kind "ClusterRole" appears in both`,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "invalid - labelSelector and orLabelSelectors co-exist",
+			yamlData: `version: v1
+clusterScopedFilterPolicy:
+  resourceFilters:
+  - kinds: ["ClusterRole"]
+    labelSelector:
+      app: my-app
+    orLabelSelectors:
+    - app: other`,
+			wantErr: true,
+			errMsg:  "labelSelector and orLabelSelectors cannot co-exist",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "invalid - bad glob in names",
+			yamlData: `version: v1
+clusterScopedFilterPolicy:
+  resourceFilters:
+  - kinds: ["ClusterRole"]
+    names: ["[invalid"]`,
+			wantErr: true,
+			errMsg:  "invalid glob pattern",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "invalid - bad glob in excludedNames",
+			yamlData: `version: v1
+clusterScopedFilterPolicy:
+  resourceFilters:
+  - kinds: ["ClusterRole"]
+    excludedNames: ["[bad"]`,
+			wantErr: true,
+			errMsg:  "invalid glob pattern",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			resPolicies, err := unmarshalResourcePolicies(&tc.yamlData)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			policies := &Policies{}
+			err = policies.BuildPolicy(resPolicies)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			err = policies.Validate()
+			if tc.wantErr {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+				assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), tc.errMsg)
+			} else {
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}