What is the PRIMARY benefit of incident reporting and computer crime investigations?

The primary benefit of incident reporting and computer crime investigations is repairing the damage and preventing future occurrences. Incident reporting is a process of documenting and communicating the details and impacts of a security incident, which is an event that violates or threatens the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of an organization’s assets, resources, or operations. Computer crime investigations are a process of collecting and analyzing the evidence and information related to a computer crime, which is an illegal or unethical activity that involves the use of a computer or a network. Incident reporting and computer crime investigations help to repair the damage and prevent future occurrences of security incidents or computer crimes, as they enable the organization to identify the root causes, assess the losses, implement the recovery actions, apply the corrective measures, and improve the security posture and resilience. Providing evidence to law enforcement, appointing a computer emergency response team, and complying with security policy are not the primary benefits of incident reporting and computer crime investigations, but rather possible outcomes or requirements of these processes. Providing evidence to law enforcement is a possible outcome of computer crime investigations, as it may help to prosecute or deter the perpetrators of the computer crime. Appointing a computer emergency response team is a possible requirement of incident reporting, as it may help to coordinate and manage the incident response and recovery activities. Complying with security policy is a possible requirement of both incident reporting and computer crime investigations, as it may help to follow the established procedures and guidelines for handling security incidents or computer crimes. References: Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CISSP CBK, Fifth Edition, Chapter 19: Security Operations, page 1840.