Bowtie Risk Builder
Sign InSign Up

Audit-ready Bowtie Workflow

Build defensible bowtie risk assessments in minutes.

A structured bowtie platform for safety, governance, and risk teams aligned to ISO 31000 style thinking, control assurance, and critical event readiness.

Start Free ProjectSign UpView Example Bowties
Bowtie Risk Builder
Threats
Preventive
Top Event
Mitigative
Consequences
Corrosion leading to rupture
Inspection + integrity management
Loss of containment
Emergency isolation response
Public safety impact

Public Canvases

Explore Example Bowties

Review full canvases across different industries before you create your own project.

Browse All Examples

IT/Cloud

AI Data Breach

Shows how prompt injection, excessive connector access, and poor sharing practices can break containment in an enterprise AI workflow.

Top Event

Sensitive data is exposed through an AI-assisted workflow

AI governancePrivacy incidentAccess control
Open ExampleUse as Template

Utilities

Municipal Water Contamination

Demonstrates how treatment failures and network backflow can lead to a public-health event in a municipal water utility.

Top Event

Treated drinking water becomes biologically contaminated before distribution

Municipal utilityPublic healthTreatment assurance
Open ExampleUse as Template

Manufacturing

Warehouse Ammonia Release

Covers mechanical damage, overpressure, and maintenance error in an ammonia refrigeration system serving a cold-storage warehouse.

Top Event

Ammonia is released from the refrigeration system into occupied areas

Industrial safetyOccupational exposureEmergency isolation
Open ExampleUse as Template

Healthcare

Clinical Medication Error

Illustrates how order-entry, pharmacy verification, and bedside checks work together to prevent a severe medication event.

Top Event

A patient receives the wrong high-risk medication dose

HealthcarePatient safetyClinical governance
Open ExampleUse as Template

Common Risk Program Friction

  • Bowties are scattered across slides, docs, and whiteboards.
  • Control ownership is unclear when incidents are reviewed.
  • Barrier quality varies between teams and projects.
  • Regulator and board reporting takes too much manual effort.

What Changes With Bowtie Risk Builder

  • Build in one structured workspace with guided bowtie lanes.
  • Assign owners, standards, and verification fields per barrier.
  • Use templates and AI guidance to improve consistency.
  • Export audit-ready visuals for governance conversations fast.

How It Works

1

Define Top Event

Capture hazard context and state the precise loss-of-control event.

2

Map Threats + Consequences

Build the left and right side of exposure with clear cause and impact statements.

3

Add Barriers + Ownership

Insert preventive and mitigative controls with accountable owners and standards.

4

Export + Share

Generate board-ready outputs and align teams on critical event controls.

Bowtie-Specific Capabilities

Template Library

Start quickly with safety, cyber, AI governance, and operations bowtie starters.

Governance Fields

Capture owners, review notes, assurance details, and control categories by block.

Change Tracking

Keep an evolving record of updates, assumptions, and workshop decisions.

Multi-Project Dashboard

Manage all active bowties in one view with tier-based project controls.

Barrier Evidence

Attach support context and verification methods to strengthen assurance quality.

Export Options

Produce PNG and JSON outputs for reviews, reports, and governance packs.

Built for Governance Confidence

Aligned with modern risk frameworks and concepts including ISO 31000, COSO, NIST AI RMF, and ISO/IEC 42001-informed governance practices.

Audit and leadership discussions now start from one trusted view of controls.
The worksheet flow makes cross-functional workshops faster and more concrete.
Barrier ownership and assurance details are much clearer than in slide-based bowties.
Built for MunicipalitiesBuilt for UtilitiesBuilt for Regulated Operations

Simple Pricing, Fast Start

Free

2 active projects, example templates, exports, BYOK AI.

$0

Pro

Unlimited projects, exports, public examples as templates, and BYOK AI workflow.

$15

Consultant / Team

For team rollouts, client workshop delivery, and tailored onboarding. Contact us for pilot setup.

Contact

No credit card required to start.

Start Free ProjectSign UpBook a Walkthrough