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 Specification Sheet for Technology Providers — 2024 Aug
Primary Resource for: SSE Certification, Zero Trust Certification, SD-WAN Certification
Product Portfolio: SSE Certification, Zero Trust Certification, SD-WAN Certification, SASE
MEF SASE Certification Specification Sheet for Service Providers — 2024 Aug
Primary Resource for: SSE Certification, Zero Trust Certification, SD-WAN Certification
Product Portfolio: SSE Certification, Zero Trust Certification, SD-WAN Certification, SASE
MEF 118.1 MEF 118.1 Zero Trust Framework for MEF Services — 2024 Jul
Amends: 118
Primary Resource for: SASE, Zero Trust
Product Portfolio: Zero Trust, SASE
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 138 MEF 138 Security Functions for IP Services — 2024 Jul
Amends: 88
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 Certification, Zero Trust
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: SSE Certification, SSE, Cybersecurity
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.
MEF 117 MEF 117 SASE Service Attributes and Service Framework — 2022 Oct
Primary Resource for: SASE, SSE, SSE Certification, Zero Trust
Product Portfolio: SSE Certification, SSE, Zero Trust, SASE
Standard Type: Service Attributes
This document defines a Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Service Framework and specifies Service Attributes that need to be agreed between a Service Provider and a Subscriber for SASE Services, including Security Functions, Policies and Connectivity Services.
MEF 118 MEF 118 Zero Trust Framework for MEF Services — 2022 Oct
Primary Resource for: SASE, Zero Trust, Zero Trust Certification
Product Portfolio: SASE, Zero Trust Certification, Zero Trust
Standard Type: Superseded Standards
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.