Cognyte I Actionable Intelligence for a Safer World 4 Europol, the European Union agency for law enforcement cooperation, underscored the severity of the challenge, stating, “For almost all types of organized crime, criminals are deploying and adapting technology with ever greater skill and to ever greater effect. This is now, perhaps, the greatest challenge facing law enforcement authorities around the world, including in the EU.” 1 As digital transformation has driven innovative services and created new industries and markets seemingly overnight, an unintended consequence of this shift is that crime and terror groups have received a significant technology-fueled boost. Backed by well-organized and well-funded groups and organizations, malicious actors now have access to better, faster, and more advanced tools than ever, enabling them to operate covertly and avoid detection more effectively. TODAY’S PLAYING FIELD HAS SHIFTED; SECURITY ORGANIZATIONS ARE FIGHTING INCREASINGLY SOPHISTICATED BATTLES, AGAINST ADVERSARIES WHO ARE MUCH MORE ADVANCED THAN THOSE OF THE PAST. TREND 1: SECURITY THREATS ARE BECOMING MORE DIFFICULT TO DETECT AND MITIGATE