Enterprises individually face the third largest economy of the world after those of the US and China—the cybercrime economy that is growing 15% each year. It was a $3 trillion industry in 2015 and will grow to a $10.5 trillion industry by 2025. The cybercrime economy already costs the real and productive global economy a trillion dollars in damages annually.
Enterprises also face a bewildering range of cybersecurity 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 these major challenges for enterprises worldwide, MEF has developed and published industry standards and delivered a new, modular MEF SASE Certification program underpinned by those standards. Together, these standards and certification program help service providers deliver cybersecurity services that protect their enterprise customers in the constantly evolving worlds of cybercrime and cybersecurity.
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SASE = Application Assurance + 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:
The current SASE certification program enables service providers to demonstrate that they are using certified SD-WAN, Zero Trust, and SSE components for their SASE services by inheriting the certifications of their technology provider vendors.
Technology providers must test and confirm they have the necessary, validated SD-WAN, Zero Trust, and SSE components to enable high-performance SASE services.
MEF’s approach to certification of application assurance and cybersecurity is modular. Under the unifying umbrella of SASE (Secure Access Service Edge), solution providers can certify their solutions’ effectiveness in the following categories:
For more details about the SASE Certification process, see the MEF SASE Certification Specification Sheet for Service Providers.
MEF SASE Certification for services enables service providers to establish a standards-compliant presence within a federation of automated networks.
MEF-Certified SASE and SD-WAN Webinar — 2025 Apr
Product Portfolio: SASE Certification, SD-WAN Certification, SASE, SD-WAN
Tags: SASE
Looking to stand out in the competitive SASE and SD-WAN market? In this webinar, you'll discover how MEF certification enables service providers to offer high-performance solutions validated against stringent security and application performance criteria.
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
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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: Zero Trust Certification, SASE Certification, SSE Certification, SD-WAN Certification, SASE, Enterprise APIs
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.