{"id":18384,"date":"2024-08-08T17:35:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T16:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/?p=18384"},"modified":"2024-08-08T17:35:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T16:35:20","slug":"mef-state-of-the-industry-report-highlights-critical-need-for-certified-sase-solutions-to-combat-rising-cyber-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/?p=18384","title":{"rendered":"MEF State of the Industry Report highlights critical need for certified SASE solutions to combat rising cyber threats"},"content":{"rendered":"

MEF Standards-based certification program offers comprehensive protection for secure digital transformation and drives SASE adoption<\/strong><\/p>\n

MEF, a global industry association of network, cloud, security, and technology providers accelerating enterprise digital transformation, released \u201cState of the Industry Report: SASE \u2013 Validating Cyber Defense in an Era of Unprecedented Threats,\u201d a comprehensive report that explores multiple factors dramatically increasing the risk of major cyberattacks worldwide. These ever-expanding threats are rapidly outpacing the ability of governments, organizations, and cybersecurity professionals to manage them. The report explains how enterprise networking and cybersecurity decisionmakers can utilize MEF standards-based SASE certification to choose the best solutions with validated cyber defense effectiveness and application performance.
\nAccording to the report, many organizations are responding to today\u2019s high-risk threat environment by prioritizing investment in SASE, a cloud-based cybersecurity model, to advance secure digital transformation. SASE solutions protect users, devices, and applications at scale regardless of their location, combining network connectivity via SD-WAN, cloud-based security including Zero Trust (ZT) and Security Service Edge (SSE), and subscriber policies, to provide a high level of application performance and a tightly integrated set of security capabilities.<\/p>\n

Key findings include:<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Industry Collaboration Essential:<\/strong> Stronger collaboration to develop effective, standardized and scalable cybersecurity solutions to protect critical infrastructure is essential. The SASE market is a logical focal point for collaboration.
\n\u2022 Increased Investments:<\/strong> Global spending on cybersecurity, the top area of technology investment in 2024, is expected to increase at double-digit rates. According to Gartner, nearly 40% of CIO\u2019s will or plan to deploy SASE solutions by mid-2025.
\n\u2022 MEF Standards and Certification Drive Adoption:<\/strong> SASE industry standards and certification programs like MEF\u2019s are crucial for ensuring consistent terminology, interoperability, and validated security effectiveness of SASE solutions, building trust, and accelerating adoption.<\/p>\n

Benefits of Standards-Based SASE Certification<\/strong>
\nThe MEF SASE certification program detailed in the report represents the latest major development in a decade-long networking transformation, emphasizing adoption, standardization, and certification of SD-WAN, SASE, ZT, SSE, and Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) solutions. This effort aims to align stakeholders on common terminology, instill confidence in services and technologies, enhance industry efficiency, and accelerate SASE adoption and market growth. MEF SASE certification comprises three individual certification programs for SD-WAN, ZT, and SSE. Upon achieving all three separate certifications, a final SASE certification is issued.
\n\u201cWith cybercrime projected to cost the global economy $10.5 trillion by 2025, the risk of cyberattacks against enterprises and critical infrastructure has never been greater,\u201d said Pascal Menezes, CTO of MEF. \u201cMEF\u2019s latest report makes clear that certified SASE services provide the comprehensive protection needed for digital transformation. As organizations transition from SD-WAN to SASE and ultimately to NaaS with integrated SASE, standardized solutions delivered across automated ecosystems will be crucial to effectively combat rising cyber threats.\u201d<\/p>\n

Research Firms Shed Light on SASE<\/strong>
\nIn addition to MEF\u2019s own analysis of market trends, the report incorporates major findings from numerous market research firms on the evolving SASE market, including market growth estimates, key adoption drivers, migration challenges, and steps organizations can take to overcome these challenges. MEF coordinated with the following firms for inclusion of research content in the report: AvidThink, Dell\u2019Oro Group, Frost & Sullivan, Gartner, IDC, Omdia, TeleGeography, and Vertical Systems Group.<\/p>\n

Organizations Supporting SASE Certification Program<\/strong>
\nThe following five SASE technology suppliers currently are engaged in the MEF SASE certification program: Cisco, Fortinet, Palo Alto Networks, Versa Networks, and VMware by Broadcom. The program is also supported by MEF\u2019s Board of Directors, which includes senior executives from AT&T Business, Colt Technology Services, Comcast Business, Console Connect by PCCW Global, Liberty Latin America, Lumen, Microsoft, Orange Wholesale International, Sparkle, and Verizon Business Group.<\/p>\n

Above, Pascal Menezes, CTO of MEF \/ image credited to MEF<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MEF Standards-based certification program offers comprehensive protection for secure digital transformation and drives SASE adoption MEF, a global industry association of network, cloud, security, and technology providers accelerating enterprise digital transformation, released \u201cState of the Industry Report: SASE \u2013 Validating Cyber Defense in an Era of Unprecedented Threats,\u201d a comprehensive report that explores multiple factors … <\/p>\n

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