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Over time, though, it could be the hassle and expense of adapting to ever changing regulations that drives customers to Protegent's door. Even before the federal Patriot Act took effect last April, for example, Broker Audit was ready to handle new anti-money-laundering tracking requirements (like watching out for unusual wire transfers in and out of brokerage accounts). Coming up: tracking of unnecessarily high mutual-fund commissions, based on selling inappropriate types of shares to certain investors--a measure that will be required by the National Association of Securities Dealers later this year. So many opportunities for mischief--and sales.