MEF SASE Certification – Frequently Asked Questions — 2025 Mar
Primary Resource for: SASE, SASE Certification, SSE Certification, Zero Trust Certification, SD-WAN Certification
Product Portfolio: SASE, SD-WAN Certification, Zero Trust Certification, SSE Certification, SASE Certification
Tags: Certification
Addressing over 40 common questions with links to additional materials.
SASE: State of the Industry Report — 2023 May
Primary Resource for: SASE, SSE Certification, Zero Trust Certification, SD-WAN Certification
Product Portfolio: SASE
How standards-based SASE certification addresses the pressing need for validated cyber defense and application performance.
MEF SASE Certification Data Sheet for Technology Providers — 2025 Feb
Primary Resource for: SASE Certification, SSE Certification, Zero Trust Certification, SD-WAN Certification
Product Portfolio: SD-WAN Certification, Zero Trust Certification, SSE Certification, SASE Certification, SASE
MEF SASE Certification Data Sheet for Service Providers — 2025 Feb
Primary Resource for: SASE Certification, SSE Certification, Zero Trust Certification, SD-WAN Certification
Product Portfolio: SASE, SD-WAN Certification, Zero Trust Certification, SSE Certification, SASE Certification
MEF 118.1 MEF 118.1 Zero Trust Framework for MEF Services — 2024 Jul
Primary Resource for: SASE, Zero Trust
Product Portfolio: SASE, Zero Trust
Standard Type: Service Definitions
This standard defines a framework and requirements addressing Identity and Authentication of the different Actors plus Policy-Based Access Control providing enforcement at Policy End Points.
MEF Certified SASE RFI Template for Enterprises — 2025 Feb
Primary Resource for: SASE, SASE Certification, SSE Certification, Zero Trust Certification, SD-WAN Certification
Product Portfolio: SSE Certification, SASE, SD-WAN Certification, Zero Trust Certification, SASE Certification
This RFI template helps enterprise buyers evaluate certified, standards-based Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) solutions that integrate SD-WAN, Zero Trust, and Security Service Edge (SSE) capabilities.
MEF 138 MEF 138 Security Functions for IP Services — 2024 Jul
Primary Resource for: Cybersecurity, IP
Product Portfolio: Cybersecurity, IP
Standard Type: Service Attributes
This Standard specifies the requirements needed to add Security Functions to an IP Service.
MEF 163 Draft (R3) MEF 163 Draft Release 3 Zero Trust Certification Test Cases and Requirements — 2024 May
Primary Resource for: Zero Trust, Zero Trust Certification
Product Portfolio: Zero Trust, Zero Trust Certification
Standard Type: Test Requirements & Abstract Test Suites
A Zero Trust Framework (ZTF), defined in MEF 118, is a cybersecurity architecture where users or clients (end users, applications, and other nonhuman Users, Devices, and Applications that request information from resources) are authenticated, authorized, and continuously validated before being granted access to, maintaining access to, or performing operations on applications.
Primary Resource for: Cybersecurity, SSE, SSE Certification
Product Portfolio: Cybersecurity, SSE, SSE Certification
Standard Type: Test Requirements & Abstract Test Suites
Tags: Certification
Per Gartner, Security Service Edge (SSE) secures access to the web, cloud services, and private applications. Capabilities include access control, threat protection, data security, security monitoring, and acceptable-use control enforced by network-based and API-based integration. SSE is primarily delivered as a cloud-based service and may include on-premises or agent-based components.
Q3-2023 Members Meeting Workshop -Spotlight on SASE — 2023 Jul
Product Portfolio: SASE
Tags: SASE
In this cross-committee session, MEF members discuss the ongoing work of SASE, SD-WAN Zero Trust and SSE, and how they are brought together to provide industry baselines for the emerging Secure NaaS market.