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Bow-Tie Analysis

Bow-Tie Risk Analysis

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Visual technique linking threats → top event → consequences, with prevention and mitigation barriers on each side.

Excellent for communicating major-hazard risk to non-technical stakeholders. Popular in aviation, energy, and finance.

At a glance

Complexity
Low
Certification
No
Time to implement
Days–weeks
Issued by
Industry practice

Fits

Industries
aviationoil gasbanking
Risk types
safetyoperationalstrategic
Frequently asked

Questions risk leaders ask

A visual risk management technique that diagrams threats leading to a top event, then consequences, with preventive barriers on the left and mitigative controls on the right, forming a bow-tie shape.
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