A government procurement requires access points to carry the WPA3 certification mark. Which body issues that mark?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
The WPA3 mark is a passing grade from the Wi-Fi Alliance, not a chapter number from the IEEE and not a license from the regulator. Your procurement is asking for that certification. An RF tag cannot print the logo.
Full Explanation
The Wi-Fi Alliance runs interoperability certification and owns the WPA3 mark. A procurement that requires the mark is asking for gear that passed that program, and the Alliance is the body that issues it. The IEEE 802.11 working group writes the underlying amendments, including the protected-management and SAE behavior WPA3 builds on. It does not sell or issue the WPA3 logo. The national spectrum regulator licenses spectrum and sets EIRP. It does not certify WPA3 per channel, and a legal channel is not the same thing as a WPA3 certificate. A controller vendor can implement WPA3 and still is not the issuer of the Alliance mark. An RF tag is a radio-profile binding. It cannot self-issue a certification logo. Exam caveat: a product can implement SAE and protected management frames and still lack the formal mark. If the contract requires the mark, the datasheet claim of WPA3 behavior is not a substitute. Operational check: match the access-point model against the Wi-Fi Alliance certification listing for WPA3 before you accept the shipment.