diff --git a/helper/validation/strings.go b/helper/validation/strings.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9fdec5dca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/validation/strings.go
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package validation
+
+import (
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// StringIsNotEmpty is a ValidateFunc that ensures a string is not empty or consisting entirely of whitespace characters
+func StringIsNotEmpty(i interface{}, k string) ([]string, []error) {
+	v, ok := i.(string)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, []error{fmt.Errorf("expected type of %q to be string", k)}
+	}
+
+	if v == "" {
+		return nil, []error{fmt.Errorf("expected %q to not be an empty string", k)}
+	}
+
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+// StringIsNotEmpty is a ValidateFunc that ensures a string is not empty or consisting entirely of whitespace characters
+func StringIsNotWhiteSpace(i interface{}, k string) ([]string, []error) {
+	v, ok := i.(string)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, []error{fmt.Errorf("expected type of %q to be string", k)}
+	}
+
+	if strings.TrimSpace(v) == "" {
+		return nil, []error{fmt.Errorf("expected %q to not be an empty string or whitespace", k)}
+	}
+
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+// StringIsEmpty is a ValidateFunc that ensures a string has no characters
+func StringIsEmpty(i interface{}, k string) ([]string, []error) {
+	v, ok := i.(string)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, []error{fmt.Errorf("expected type of %q to be string", k)}
+	}
+
+	if v != "" {
+		return nil, []error{fmt.Errorf("expected %q to be an empty string: got %v", k, v)}
+	}
+
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+// StringIsEmpty is a ValidateFunc that ensures a string is composed of entirely whitespace
+func StringIsWhiteSpace(i interface{}, k string) ([]string, []error) {
+	v, ok := i.(string)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, []error{fmt.Errorf("expected type of %q to be string", k)}
+	}
+
+	if strings.TrimSpace(v) != "" {
+		return nil, []error{fmt.Errorf("expected %q to be an empty string or whitespace: got %v", k, v)}
+	}
+
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+// StringIsBase64 is a ValidateFunc that ensures a string can be parsed as Base64
+func StringIsBase64(i interface{}, k string) (warnings []string, errors []error) {
+	// Empty string is not allowed
+	if warnings, errors = StringIsNotEmpty(i, k); len(errors) > 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// NoEmptyStrings checks it is a string
+	v, _ := i.(string)
+	if _, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(v); err != nil {
+		errors = append(errors, fmt.Errorf("expected %q to be a base64 string, got %v", k, v))
+	}
+
+	return
+}
diff --git a/helper/validation/strings_test.go b/helper/validation/strings_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05ce90a9f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/validation/strings_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,276 @@
+package validation
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestValidationStringIsNotEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := map[string]struct {
+		Value interface{}
+		Error bool
+	}{
+		"NotString": {
+			Value: 7,
+			Error: true,
+		},
+		"Empty": {
+			Value: "",
+			Error: true,
+		},
+		"SingleSpace": {
+			Value: " ",
+			Error: false,
+		},
+		"MultipleSpaces": {
+			Value: "     ",
+			Error: false,
+		},
+		"NewLine": {
+			Value: "\n",
+			Error: false,
+		},
+		"MultipleSymbols": {
+			Value: "-_-",
+			Error: false,
+		},
+		"Sentence": {
+			Value: "Hello kt's sentence.",
+			Error: false,
+		},
+		"StartsWithWhitespace": {
+			Value: "  7",
+			Error: false,
+		},
+		"EndsWithWhitespace": {
+			Value: "7 ",
+			Error: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for tn, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tn, func(t *testing.T) {
+			_, errors := StringIsNotEmpty(tc.Value, tn)
+
+			if len(errors) > 0 && !tc.Error {
+				t.Errorf("StringIsNotEmpty(%s) produced an unexpected error", tc.Value)
+			} else if len(errors) == 0 && tc.Error {
+				t.Errorf("StringIsNotEmpty(%s) did not error", tc.Value)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestValidationStringIsNotWhitespace(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := map[string]struct {
+		Value interface{}
+		Error bool
+	}{
+		"NotString": {
+			Value: 7,
+			Error: true,
+		},
+		"Empty": {
+			Value: "",
+			Error: true,
+		},
+		"SingleSpace": {
+			Value: " ",
+			Error: true,
+		},
+		"MultipleSpaces": {
+			Value: "     ",
+			Error: true,
+		},
+		"CarriageReturn": {
+			Value: "\r",
+			Error: true,
+		},
+		"NewLine": {
+			Value: "\n",
+			Error: true,
+		},
+		"Tab": {
+			Value: "\t",
+			Error: true,
+		},
+		"FormFeed": {
+			Value: "\f",
+			Error: true,
+		},
+		"VerticalTab": {
+			Value: "\v",
+			Error: true,
+		},
+		"SingleChar": {
+			Value: "\v",
+			Error: true,
+		},
+		"MultipleChars": {
+			Value: "-_-",
+			Error: false,
+		},
+		"Sentence": {
+			Value: "Hello kt's sentence.",
+			Error: false,
+		},
+
+		"StartsWithWhitespace": {
+			Value: "  7",
+			Error: false,
+		},
+		"EndsWithWhitespace": {
+			Value: "7 ",
+			Error: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for tn, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tn, func(t *testing.T) {
+			_, errors := StringIsNotWhiteSpace(tc.Value, tn)
+
+			if len(errors) > 0 && !tc.Error {
+				t.Errorf("StringIsNotWhiteSpace(%s) produced an unexpected error", tc.Value)
+			} else if len(errors) == 0 && tc.Error {
+				t.Errorf("StringIsNotWhiteSpace(%s) did not error", tc.Value)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestValidationStringIsEmpty(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := map[string]struct {
+		Value interface{}
+		Error bool
+	}{
+		"NotString": {
+			Value: 7,
+			Error: true,
+		},
+		"Empty": {
+			Value: "",
+			Error: false,
+		},
+		"SingleSpace": {
+			Value: " ",
+			Error: true,
+		},
+		"MultipleSpaces": {
+			Value: "     ",
+			Error: true,
+		},
+		"Sentence": {
+			Value: "Hello kt's sentence.",
+			Error: true,
+		},
+
+		"StartsWithWhitespace": {
+			Value: "  7",
+			Error: true,
+		},
+		"EndsWithWhitespace": {
+			Value: "7 ",
+			Error: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for tn, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tn, func(t *testing.T) {
+			_, errors := StringIsEmpty(tc.Value, tn)
+
+			if len(errors) > 0 && !tc.Error {
+				t.Errorf("StringIsEmpty(%s) produced an unexpected error", tc.Value)
+			} else if len(errors) == 0 && tc.Error {
+				t.Errorf("StringIsEmpty(%s) did not error", tc.Value)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestValidationStringIsWhiteSpace(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := map[string]struct {
+		Value interface{}
+		Error bool
+	}{
+		"NotString": {
+			Value: 7,
+			Error: true,
+		},
+		"Empty": {
+			Value: "",
+			Error: false,
+		},
+		"SingleSpace": {
+			Value: " ",
+			Error: false,
+		},
+		"MultipleSpaces": {
+			Value: "     ",
+			Error: false,
+		},
+		"MultipleWhitespace": {
+			Value: "  \t\n\f   ",
+			Error: false,
+		},
+		"Sentence": {
+			Value: "Hello kt's sentence.",
+			Error: true,
+		},
+
+		"StartsWithWhitespace": {
+			Value: "  7",
+			Error: true,
+		},
+		"EndsWithWhitespace": {
+			Value: "7 ",
+			Error: true,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for tn, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tn, func(t *testing.T) {
+			_, errors := StringIsWhiteSpace(tc.Value, tn)
+
+			if len(errors) > 0 && !tc.Error {
+				t.Errorf("StringIsWhiteSpace(%s) produced an unexpected error", tc.Value)
+			} else if len(errors) == 0 && tc.Error {
+				t.Errorf("StringIsWhiteSpace(%s) did not error", tc.Value)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestValidationStringIsBase64(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := map[string]struct {
+		Value interface{}
+		Error bool
+	}{
+		"NotString": {
+			Value: 7,
+			Error: true,
+		},
+		"Empty": {
+			Value: "",
+			Error: true,
+		},
+		"NotBase64": {
+			Value: "Do'h!",
+			Error: true,
+		},
+		"Base64": {
+			Value: "RG8naCE=",
+			Error: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for tn, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tn, func(t *testing.T) {
+			_, errors := StringIsBase64(tc.Value, tn)
+
+			if len(errors) > 0 && !tc.Error {
+				t.Errorf("StringIsBase64(%s) produced an unexpected error", tc.Value)
+			} else if len(errors) == 0 && tc.Error {
+				t.Errorf("StringIsBase64(%s) did not error", tc.Value)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/helper/validation/uuid.go b/helper/validation/uuid.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e4939b98e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/validation/uuid.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package validation
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"regexp"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/go-uuid"
+)
+
+// UUIDRegExp is a Regular Expression that can be used to validate UUIDs
+var UUIDRegExp = regexp.MustCompile("^[a-fA-F0-9]{8}-[a-fA-F0-9]{4}-4[a-fA-F0-9]{3}-[8|9|aA|bB][a-fA-F0-9]{3}-[a-fA-F0-9]{12}$")
+
+// UUID is a ValidateFunc that ensures a string can be parsed as UUID
+func UUID(i interface{}, k string) (warnings []string, errors []error) {
+	v, ok := i.(string)
+	if !ok {
+		errors = append(errors, fmt.Errorf("expected type of %q to be string", k))
+		return
+	}
+
+	if _, err := uuid.ParseUUID(v); err != nil {
+		errors = append(errors, fmt.Errorf("expected %q to be a valid UUID, got %v", k, v))
+	}
+
+	return warnings, errors
+}
diff --git a/helper/validation/uuid_test.go b/helper/validation/uuid_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3960779fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helper/validation/uuid_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package validation
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestValidationUUID(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := map[string]struct {
+		Value interface{}
+		Error bool
+	}{
+		"NotString": {
+			Value: 7,
+			Error: true,
+		},
+		"Empty": {
+			Value: "",
+			Error: true,
+		},
+		"InvalidUuid": {
+			Value: "00000000-0000-123-0000-000000000000",
+			Error: true,
+		},
+		"ValidUuidWithOutDashs": {
+			Value: "12345678123412341234123456789012",
+			Error: true,
+		},
+		"ValidUuid": {
+			Value: "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
+			Error: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for tn, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tn, func(t *testing.T) {
+			_, errors := UUID(tc.Value, tn)
+
+			if len(errors) > 0 && !tc.Error {
+				t.Errorf("UUID(%s) produced an unexpected error", tc.Value)
+			} else if len(errors) == 0 && tc.Error {
+				t.Errorf("UUID(%s) did not error", tc.Value)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}