Enterprises today face a bewildering range of cybersecurity technology solutions that tackle different layers and areas of the cyberthreat landscape, as well as increasing demands for compliance from regulators, shareholders, and insurance companies.
In response to major cybersecurity challenges for enterprises worldwide, leading cybersecurity technology solution providers have helped MEF to develop and publish industry standards and drive a new certification program* underpinned by those standards. Together, these standards and certification program help enterprises protect themselves in the constantly evolving worlds of cybercrime and cybersecurity.
*The program is currently in beta phase and will enter general availability in 2024.
MEF is publishing and continuously developing standards relating to SASE and certification, including:
These MEF standards enable all stakeholders to use the same terminology and core concepts on which to build solutions that shrink the attack surface of enterprises by minimizing vulnerabilities introduced by bespoke, proprietary approaches to cybersecurity.
SASE Certification = SD-WAN Certification + SSE Certification + Zero Trust Certification
MEF’s SASE certification is an aggregate of the certification of the underlying components of one or more of the following:
MEF 3.0 SASE certifications for technologies enables technology suppliers to establish a standards-compliant presence within a federation of automated networks.