PENTANA Audit Management Solution

The PENTANA is integrated database solution for Internal Auditors.  It combines all data, whether in a work paper, response, recommendation, etc into the PENTANA database thus enabling any piece of data to be analyse, extracted and reported upon.

PENTANA has a number of features and functions such as Electronic Work Papers, Questionnaires for Self Assessments, Risk Management, Resource Planning and Management that help with the entire Audit Management Process

PENTANA will enable you to replace a spreadsheet or PC-database system with a system that is robust, flexible, accessible and easily scalable across the enterprise.  PENTANA will help you :

• Comply with various international auditing requirements, including SOX, Turnbull, Basel II, COBiT and COSO.
• Improve control over your business and focus resources on the risks and issues that most concern you.
• Obtain better and quicker management information on which to base decisions, through extensive analysis and reporting features.
• Perform more efficient and effective engagements, such as audits or risk reviews.
• Involve your business units more actively in Control Risk Self-Assessment and in the timely completion of agreed actions.
• Start to improve the performance of the audit team so you can do more audit, more efficiently
• Create a library of Audit Work plans that can be shared by the team

PENTANA Components

Several components make up PENTANA, each having extensive functionality. These individual components facilitate the tasks for the user.

Examples of components:

• Global Risk Assessments
• Individual Risk Assessments
• Resource Management
• Scheduling
• Management Information
• Libraries

When purchasing PENTANA you get all components included.

 

An example of the ‘spine’ in PENTANA listing all the different components