The CFO of Exeter Corporation Is Very Uncomfortable with Its

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The CFO of Exeter Corporation is very uncomfortable with its current risk exposure related to the possibility of business disruptions. Specifically, Exeter is heavily involved with e-business and its internal information systems are tightly interlinked with its key customers' systems. The CFO has estimated that every hour of system downtime will cost the company about $5,000 in sales. The CFO and CIO have further estimated that if the system were to fail, the average downtime would be about 2 hours per incident. They have anticipated (assume with 100% annual probability) that Exeter will likely experience 10 downtime incidents in a given year due to internal computer system problems, and another 10 incidents per year due to external problems; specifically system failures with the Internet service provider (ISP). Currently, Exeter pays an annualized cost of $25,000 for redundant computer and communication systems, and another $25,000 for Internet service provider (ISP) support just to keep total expected number of incidents to 20 per year.
Required:
a.Given the information provided thus far, how much ($) is the company's current expected gross risk?
b.A further preventative control would be to purchase and maintain more redundant computers and communication lines where possible, at an annualized cost of $30,000, which would reduce the expected number of downtimes per year to 5 per year due to internal computer system problems. What would the dollar amount of Exeter's current residual expected risk at this point?

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Definitions:

Cache Memory

A type of fast computer memory that provides high-speed data access to a processor and stores frequently used computer programs, applications, and data.

ROM

Read-Only Memory, a type of non-volatile storage that is typically used to store firmware or application software in electronic devices.

Multiple Cores

Refers to a CPU that has more than one processing unit (core) within a single chip, enhancing the computer's ability to perform multiple tasks simultaneously.

CPU Chip

The central processing unit of a computer, a crucial component responsible for interpreting and executing most of the commands from the computer's other hardware and software.