About
Blackbriar Risk

Blackbriar Risk was born from the recognition that operational risk oversight is rarely smooth terrain—it’s a thicket.

What we saw Operational Risk functions often struggle with:

Blackbriar Risk was born from the recognition that operational risk oversight is rarely smooth terrain—it’s a thicket.

The name “Blackbriar” symbolizes the dense, thorny challenges that financial institutional organizations face when navigating Operational Risk L2 Risk Types: the oversight layer where frameworks meet reality, where controls are tested, and where accountability sharpens.

Just as briars protect what lies within, Blackbriar Risk exists to guard organizations against hidden vulnerabilities and systemic exposures.

These thorny issues can choke progress, leaving organizations exposed to customer, regulatory, reputational, and financial impact.

  • policies and standards that look strong on paper, but falter in execution.

  • gaps between first-line activity and second-line oversight.

  • Balancing independence with collaboration across business units and enterprise functions.

  • Metrics, KRIs, and dashboards that obscure rather than clarify.