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MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
                                   Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution

                                            Recordkeeping Operations



                                                                                 Complementary Subservice
                  Subservice                                Related Control
                 Organization     Services Provided            Objective            Organization Controls
                                                                                          (CSOCs)
                Matrix         Matrix Financial         Control Objective 1     CO 1 and CO 2-Matrix
                               Solutions (Software-as-  Application Change      should have controls to
                               a-Service) used by                               ensure that
                               MassMutual DB            Management              application/software
                               Midmarket Corporate      Control Objective 2     development and application/
                               clients for trust and                            software changes made to
                               investment services.     System Software         existing applications are
                               Software-as-a-Service    Change Management       documented, authorized,
                               is a subscription based   Control Objective 3    tested and approved for
                               software distribution                            implementation.
                               model in which Matrix, a   Physical Security and
                               multi-tenant application,  Environmental Controls  CO 3-Matrix should have
                                                                                controls over physical
                               is developed, hosted     Control Objective 4
                               and maintained centrally                         security and environmental
                                                                                protection of computer
                               by Matrix and made       Logical Access
                               available to MassMutual   Control Objective 5    equipment and storage
                                                                                media.
                               and other clients over
                               the Internet.            Job Processing          CO 4-Matrix should have
                                                        Control Objective 6     controls over provisioning,
                                                                                termination, and
                                                        Data Transmissions      recertification of user access.

                                                                                CO 5-Matrix should have
                                                                                controls over the scheduling
                                                                                of production processing and
                                                                                system backups, and the
                                                                                identification and resolution
                                                                                of deviations from the
                                                                                schedule.
                                                                                CO 6-Matrix should have
                                                                                controls over the completion
                                                                                and security of data
                                                                                transmissions, and
                                                                                identification and resolution
                                                                                of failures.


















                MassMutual Defined Benefit and Defined                    Description of the System Provided by
                Contribution Recordkeeping Operations System                                     MassMutual
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