Bowtie Risk Builder

Public Example Bowties

Review complete sample canvases across AI governance, utilities, industrial operations, and healthcare.

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

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

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

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