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3. Advantages of Using Baton Baton provides a central repository for control activities and related entities, test plans and testing activities, status and reporting Baton creates efficiencies through effective collaboration and progress reporting Secured dissemination of information through multi-dimensional on-demand reporting Enables ongoing accountability through customizable alerts for management

4. Baton Features

5. How compliant are you? What are my controls, where are my controls, where am I not compliant? Most enterprises have distributed implementation of controls Control owners, IT shops, and systems are geographically scattered No unified view available to most CFOs/CIOs Difficult to reconcile control failures to specific accounts

6. Reports: Real-time, every time Baton Provides Big Picture and Detailed Reports Detailed Reporting on Control Activities: by exceptions, framework, location, system Detailed Reporting on Test Plans: by status, framework, location, system Remediation Reporting Archived snapshots

7. Testing Reports Test Plan Result Scorecard Test Plan Status Scorecard Summary of Aggregated Deficiencies Report

8. Testing Reports Test Plan Result Scorecard Test Plan Status Scorecard Summary of Aggregated Deficiencies Report

9. Testing Reports Test Plan Result Scorecard Test Plan Status Scorecard Summary of Aggregated Deficiencies Report

10. Control Activity Reports Control Activity Details Control Activities by Risk Failed Control Activities

11. Control Activity Reports Control Activity Details Control Matrix by Risk Failed Control Activities

12. Control Activity Reports Control Activity Details Control Activities by Risk Failed Control Activities

13. How do you tame the beast? SOX is Dynamic and Amorphous They have changed frameworks on me, and they will do it again The law is new, the solutions immature, and the recommendations confusing

14. Simplify, Clarify, Modify Baton Allows for Multiple Frameworks - the System Evolves We give you a list of most accepted frameworks and associations We provide the flexibility to create your own Customize existing frameworks to fit your unique requirements

15. Frameworks and Categories Control Category Tree Create New Categories Associate with Controls

16. Frameworks and Categories Control Category Tree Create New Categories Associate with Controls

17. Frameworks and Categories Control Category Tree Create New Categories Associate with Controls

18. Are My Controls Healthy? SOX Requires Ongoing Planning and Execution of Controls Testing Test, Test and Test � How do you manage your perpetual testing cycle? How do you allocate testing resources? How do you control testing costs? How do you manage testing data?

19. The Compliance Thermometer Functionality for Planning and Executing Periodic Control Tests Test Managers can create multiple test plans Test Managers can allocate resources to test plans Baton allows easy tracking and status reports Baton provides alerts and notifications to streamline testing workflows

20. Test Management Creating Test Plans Test Plan Summary Screen Test Plan Status Report

21. Test Management Creating Test Plans Test Plan Summary Screen Test Plan Status Report

22. Test Management Creating Test Plans Test Plan Summary Screen Test Plan Status Report

23. Feel Like a Rookie? Exploring New Ground Always Has its Pitfalls What are the best practices? What are the key controls to focus on? What needs to be documented? And how much is enough? Are there any checklists out there to show the right path?

24. Baton as a Coach Built in Processes and Templates to Guide Companies at Initiation Out-of-the-box industry standard list of IT controls Documentation templates � for control definition and testing Checklists for new compliance managers Best Practice workflows to increase efficiencies

25. Definition and Templates

26. Definition and Templates

27. Definition and Templates

28. Definition and Templates Control Listing Control Definitions Upload Documentation Test Plan Definitions

29. Location, Location, Location SOX Presents Challenges for Decentralized Companies How do you test for compliance across locations? How do you track controls at multiple locations? How do you manage testing activities remotely? How do you manage compliance data centrally?

30. Baton Brings it Together Central Database and Web Based Access Allows Multi-Location Operations The entire Baton project has one central data repository Testers, Control Owners and Management can enter data and access reports remotely Centralized view of data is provided for compliance and testing managers Data can be exported to MS-Excel for offline modifications

31. Remote Access Multiple Browsers and Platforms Supported Export to Excel/Word

32. Remote Access Multiple Browsers and Platforms Supported Export to Excel/Word

33. Tracking Issues and Failures SOX Requires Ongoing Monitoring of Defective Controls How do you track deficient, failed controls? How does management know which controls to focus on? How do control owners know when their controls are failing tests? How does management know of new issues?

34. The Baton One-Stop-Shop Baton Provides Failure Notifications and a Unified View Management has an overall view of failed controls and by Business Unit Automatic notification of new issues identified � to management and to control owners Control owners have a view of ongoing testing on their owned controls

35. Monitoring and Notifications

36. Monitoring and Notifications Failed Control Activities Untested Control Activities Personalized Home Page

37. Monitoring and Notifications Failed Control Activities Untested Control Activities Personalized Home Page

38. The Cost of Compliance SOX Compliance means big Bucks for all Companies How do you minimize your compliance costs? Why do Compliance systems cost so much? How can a system help cut your compliance costs?

39. The Cost of Baton Baton Ensures that You recoup your Investment Quickly Baton is significantly less expensive than competitors Baton saves you time � more importantly, consultant time Baton helps you reduce up to 10% of your total compliance costs

40. Baton Technology Platform Baton was built using Microsoft Technologies RDBMS: MS SQL Server 2003 Dev Environment: ASP.NET Reporting: MS OLAP Easy, Windows-Based Hosting No Additional Workforce Requirements for Hosting and On-Going Maintenance

41. About Quantilus

42. About Quantilus Extensive Audit and Information Technology experience. Specialize in bridging the gap between business requirements and technology implementation. Expertise in multiple industries, including: Financial, Insurance, Homebuilding, Publishing, Online Retail, Travel. Interdisciplinary teams bring together strategy, design, and technology.

44. Contact Details Contact us for a demonstration or a free trial at: URL: http://baton.quantilus.com Email: baton@quantilus.com Ph: 1-866-Quantilus x.106 Address: 145W 45th St., 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10036