If I were a Risk Manager on a programme, I most certainly WOULD "desire risk", because being notified of a risk would demonstrate the system is working, at least up to a point. I would also desire that the probability of occurrence was low and time, cost and performance impact negligible.
Far better this than the situation I experienced some years ago when my non-technical boss issued an instruction that under no circumstances would anyone notify the Risk Manager of any risks - then proudly reported to our 3 Star that the programme was risk free.
That 3 Star was General Sam Cowan, unfairly maligned by Haddon-Cave. He was too wise and knew he was being lied to. But it illustrated how the system conspires to deceive even the most senior. We had a shared 2 Star with Nimrod, so one assumes he was lied to on that programme as well........