MEF State of the Industry Report: SASE
The risk of major cyberattacks has never been greater. Organizations are responding by making cybersecurity a top priority for digital technology investment. Find out how…
Increased use of cloud services, the rise of remote and hybrid work, and the pressing need to apply cybersecurity principles are fueling explosive demand for Secure Services Edge (SSE) technologies and services, which solve the problem of protecting users, devices, and applications at scale regardless of their location (public cloud, private cloud, on-premises, Internet, etc.).
SSE provides integrated security functions, including access control, secure gateway (SG), cloud access security broker (CASB), data loss prevention (DLP), DSN protocol filtering, malware detection and removal, and security event monitoring and notifications based on subscriber policies to provide a high level of application performance with a tightly integrated set of security capabilities.
MEF SSE Certification is part of the new MEF SASE Certification program.
MEF’s SSE certification is based on testing a multi-node simulated enterprise network with each node having specific traffic and performance characteristics, e.g., data center, cloud, corporate office, regional office, remote office, retail outlet, etc.
The certification steps through various use cases for SaaS, IaaS, applications, and internet sites.
MEF SASE Certification – Frequently Asked Questions — 2025 Mar
Product Portfolio: SASE Certification, SSE Certification, Zero Trust Certification, SD-WAN Certification, SASE
Tags: Certification
Addressing over 40 common questions with links to additional materials.
MEF SASE Certification Data Sheet for Technology Providers — 2025 Feb
Product Portfolio: SASE Certification, SSE Certification, Zero Trust Certification, SD-WAN Certification, SASE
MEF SASE Certification Data Sheet for Service Providers — 2025 Feb
Product Portfolio: SASE, SASE Certification, SSE Certification, Zero Trust Certification, SD-WAN Certification
MEF Certified SASE RFI Template for Enterprises — 2025 Feb
Product Portfolio: SASE, SASE Certification, SSE Certification, Zero Trust Certification, SD-WAN 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 162 Draft Release 3 Security Service Edge Certification Test Cases and Requirements — 2024 May
Product Portfolio: Cybersecurity, SSE, SSE Certification
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.
MEF 117 SASE Service Attributes and Service Framework — 2022 Oct
Product Portfolio: SASE, Zero Trust, SSE, SSE Certification
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 88 Application Security for SD-WAN Services — 2021 Nov
Product Portfolio: SASE, SSE, SSE Certification, SD-WAN
This Standard specifies the requirements needed to add Application Flow Security to SD-WAN Services.
MEF SSE Certifications for services enables service providers to establish a standards-compliant presence within a federation of automated networks.
MEF SSE Certification is part of the new MEF SASE Certification program.
MEF SASE Certification establishes a trusted benchmark for high-performance SASE solutions in a rapidly evolving market, empowering organizations of all sizes to confidently select SASE technologies or SASE managed services.
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