SOCTA, or the Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment, is a report created by Europol using data and intelligence from across the EU and the globe to report on known criminal networks and their operations in EU member states and abroad. The latest threat intelligence is compiled into the SOCTA 2021, focusing on specific criminals, their processes, and providing a better understanding of how organized crime works to reduce its effect and make law enforcement curtailment of their activities easier and faster. In addition to SOCTA, Europol releases other threat analysis publications including the EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT), Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (iOCTA), and the Europol Review. It is critical for organizations like Europol to compile information, like what is found in SOCTA, to help network security solution developers and IT decision makers deploy the best malware protection available.