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Product Portfolio: Cybersecurity

MEF 138 Draft (R1) MEF 138 Draft Release 1 Security Functions for IP Services — 2023 Nov

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.

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MEF 163 Draft (R1) MEF 163 Draft Release 1 Zero Trust Certification Test Cases and Requirements — 2023 Sep

Primary Resource for: Zero Trust

Product Portfolio: 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.

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MEF 162 Draft (R1) MEF 162 Draft Release 1 Security Service Edge Certification Test Cases and Requirements — 2023 Sep

Primary Resource for: Cybersecurity

Product Portfolio: 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.

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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.

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MEF 117 MEF 117 SASE Service Attributes and Service Framework — 2022 Oct

Primary Resource for: Zero Trust, SASE

Product Portfolio: 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.

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MEF 118 MEF 118 Zero Trust Framework for MEF Services — 2022 Oct

Primary Resource for: Zero Trust, SASE

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.

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MEF 88 MEF 88 Application Security for SD-WAN Services — 2021 Nov

Primary Resource for: SASE, SD-WAN

Product Portfolio: SASE, SD-WAN

Standard Type: Service Attributes

This Standard specifies the requirements needed to add Application Flow Security to SD-WAN Services.

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SASE Services Framework — 2020 Jul

Product Portfolio: SASE

Tags: SD-WAN, SASE

This White Paper is aimed at both enterprises that are increasingly depending on digital services serving users in increasing numbers, types and locations, as well as the service providers that want to offer them security for those digital services.

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MEF 3.0 SD-WAN & SASE – Frequently Asked Questions — 2021 Dec

Primary Resource for: SD-WAN

Product Portfolio: SASE, SD-WAN, Overlay Services

Tags: Certification

MEF 3.0 SD-WAN Services & SASE – Frequently Asked Questions

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MEF 3.0 Workshop – Application Security for SD-WAN Services — 2019 Nov

Primary Resource for: Cybersecurity

Product Portfolio: Cybersecurity

SD-WAN benefits end customers by enhancing their applications network traffic. The appetite to combine application protection with network efficiency is high. Hence, MEF is focused on defining the first standard description of a security service. Security done wrong actually could negate SD-WAN benefits in speed and availability.

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