MEF has announced new certifications in the first module of its Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) products and services certification program. SD-WAN certifications were achieved by Broadcom, Fortinet, and Versa. Palo Alto Networks is expected to achieve its SD-WAN certification shortly. Certified technology providers have received a rating on product effectiveness and will be listed in MEF’s registry of certified organizations. MEF’s SASE certification program is now generally available to technology and service provider members.
The SASE certification program is designed to instill confidence in the market by validating reliable and consistent technology and managed service outcomes. It is a subscription-based ongoing test model that allows participating technology and service providers the ability to increase certification scores to deliver confidence in cybersecurity products to the market.
SASE certification will ensure compliance to the MEF SD-WAN (MEF 70.1) standard, and industry first standards for SASE (MEF 117) and Zero Trust (MEF 118). SD-WAN certification is now available to MEF membership at large and full SASE certification is expected to be available in Q4 2024.
Pascal Menezes, CTO, MEF
The first SD-WAN certifications achieved under our SASE program mark a significant milestone, empowering enterprises to confidently adopt secure and reliable access solutions as they accelerate digital transformation and migrate more applications to the cloud. This certification paves the way for enterprises to confidently pursue full SASE certification and demonstrates MEF’s commitment to validating secure, high-performing networks.
