--- title: If a Key Control Failed Tomorrow, How Would You Know? description: If a key control for one of your L2 processes were to fail, how confident are you that you'd know [sooner rather than later]? image: https://www.spinnakerconsultinggroup.com/hubfs/Key%20Control%20Failure.png --- [![Spinnaker Consulting Logo](https://www.spinnakerconsultinggroup.com/hubfs/spinnaker-logo.svg "Spinnaker Consulting Logo")](https://spinnakerconsultinggroup.com) [tel:804.510.0768](tel:804.510.0768) Menu - [Culture](https://www.spinnakerconsultinggroup.com/culture) - [Work](https://www.spinnakerconsultinggroup.com/work) - [Differentiators](https://www.spinnakerconsultinggroup.com/differentiators) - [Insights](https://www.spinnakerconsultinggroup.com/insights) - [Experts](https://www.spinnakerconsultinggroup.com/experts) - [Contact Us](https://www.spinnakerconsultinggroup.com/contact) ![OneQuestion](https://www.spinnakerconsultinggroup.com/hubfs/OneQuestion.png) # If a Key Control Failed Tomorrow, How Would You Know?   Controls fail quietly all the time. An alert stops, a report breaks, a key step in a process gets skipped—and no one notices. In this week's **#OneQuestion** video, our [CEO, Shawn Sweeney](https://www.spinnakerconsultinggroup.com/expert/shawn-sweeney), challenges banking leaders to consider a critical question: "If a key control failed tomorrow, how would you know?" The real risk isn't just that controls fail, but that they do so silently, creating a blind spot. Strong programs don't just set controls; they monitor them continually. A simple test of one of your key processes can reveal where your vulnerabilities are hiding. Your Operational Resilience depends on strong controls. ## Articles By **This Author** ### [Own Your ESG Story and How You Tell It Feb 3, 2022 One of the hottest regulatory buttons coming into 2022 is environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk. 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