diff --git a/pyoaev/configuration/__init__.py b/pyoaev/configuration/__init__.py
index f9bbec1..a4741f9 100644
--- a/pyoaev/configuration/__init__.py
+++ b/pyoaev/configuration/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
 from .configuration import Configuration
+from .settings_loader import (
+    BaseConfigModel,
+    ConfigLoaderCollector,
+    ConfigLoaderOAEV,
+    SettingsLoader,
+)
 
-__all__ = ["Configuration"]
+__all__ = [
+    "Configuration",
+    "ConfigLoaderOAEV",
+    "ConfigLoaderCollector",
+    "SettingsLoader",
+    "BaseConfigModel",
+]
diff --git a/pyoaev/configuration/settings_loader.py b/pyoaev/configuration/settings_loader.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..787840e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyoaev/configuration/settings_loader.py
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+import os
+from abc import ABC
+from datetime import timedelta
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Annotated, Literal
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field, HttpUrl, PlainSerializer
+from pydantic_settings import (
+    BaseSettings,
+    DotEnvSettingsSource,
+    PydanticBaseSettingsSource,
+    SettingsConfigDict,
+    YamlConfigSettingsSource,
+)
+
+
+class BaseConfigModel(BaseModel, ABC):
+    """Base class for global config models
+    To prevent attributes from being modified after initialization.
+    """
+
+    model_config = ConfigDict(extra="allow", frozen=True, validate_default=True)
+
+
+class SettingsLoader(BaseSettings):
+    model_config = SettingsConfigDict(
+        frozen=True,
+        extra="allow",
+        env_nested_delimiter="_",
+        env_nested_max_split=1,
+        enable_decoding=False,
+    )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def settings_customise_sources(
+        cls,
+        settings_cls: type[BaseSettings],
+        init_settings: PydanticBaseSettingsSource,
+        env_settings: PydanticBaseSettingsSource,
+        dotenv_settings: PydanticBaseSettingsSource,
+        file_secret_settings: PydanticBaseSettingsSource,
+    ) -> tuple[PydanticBaseSettingsSource, ...]:
+        """Customise the sources of settings for the connector.
+
+        This method is called by the Pydantic BaseSettings class to determine the order of sources.
+        The configuration come in this order either from:
+            1. Environment variables
+            2. YAML file
+            3. .env file
+            4. Default values
+
+        The variables loading order will remain the same as in `pycti.get_config_variable()`:
+            1. If a config.yml file is found, the order will be: `ENV VAR` → config.yml → default value
+            2. If a .env file is found, the order will be: `ENV VAR` → .env → default value
+        """
+        _main_path = os.curdir
+
+        settings_cls.model_config["env_file"] = f"{_main_path}/../.env"
+
+        if not settings_cls.model_config["yaml_file"]:
+            if Path(f"{_main_path}/config.yml").is_file():
+                settings_cls.model_config["yaml_file"] = f"{_main_path}/config.yml"
+            if Path(f"{_main_path}/../config.yml").is_file():
+                settings_cls.model_config["yaml_file"] = f"{_main_path}/../config.yml"
+
+        if Path(settings_cls.model_config["yaml_file"] or "").is_file():  # type: ignore
+            return (
+                env_settings,
+                YamlConfigSettingsSource(settings_cls),
+            )
+        if Path(settings_cls.model_config["env_file"] or "").is_file():  # type: ignore
+            return (
+                env_settings,
+                DotEnvSettingsSource(settings_cls),
+            )
+        return (env_settings,)
+
+
+LogLevelToLower = Annotated[
+    Literal["debug", "info", "warn", "error"],
+    PlainSerializer(lambda v: "".join(v), return_type=str),
+]
+
+HttpUrlToString = Annotated[HttpUrl, PlainSerializer(str, return_type=str)]
+TimedeltaInSeconds = Annotated[
+    timedelta, PlainSerializer(lambda v: int(v.total_seconds()), return_type=int)
+]
+
+
+class ConfigLoaderOAEV(BaseConfigModel):
+    """OpenAEV/OpenAEV platform configuration settings.
+
+    Contains URL and authentication token for connecting to the OpenAEV platform.
+    """
+
+    url: HttpUrlToString = Field(
+        description="The OpenAEV platform URL.",
+    )
+    token: str = Field(
+        description="The token for the OpenAEV platform.",
+    )
+
+
+class ConfigLoaderCollector(BaseConfigModel):
+    """Base collector configuration settings.
+
+    Contains common collector settings including identification, logging,
+    scheduling, and platform information.
+    """
+
+    id: str = Field(description="ID of the collector.")
+
+    name: str = Field(description="Name of the collector")
+
+    platform: str | None = Field(
+        default="SIEM",
+        description="Platform type for the collector (e.g., EDR, SIEM, etc.).",
+    )
+    log_level: LogLevelToLower | None = Field(
+        default="error",
+        description="Determines the verbosity of the logs.",
+    )
+    period: timedelta | None = Field(
+        default=timedelta(minutes=1),
+        description="Duration between two scheduled runs of the collector (ISO 8601 format).",
+    )
+    icon_filepath: str | None = Field(
+        description="Path to the icon file of the collector.",
+    )
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5a9ffd1..0dd3ae2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "python_json_logger (>=3.3.0,<3.4.0)",
     "PyYAML (>=6.0,<6.1)",
     "pydantic (>=2.11.3,<2.12.0)",
+    "pydantic-settings (>=2.11.0,<2.12.0)",
     "requests (>=2.32.3,<2.33.0)",
     "setuptools (>=80.9.0,<80.10.0)",
     "cachetools (>=5.5.0,<5.6.0)",