Threats social workers face in the digital era

Social workers make high-stakes decisions that can upend people's lives. Yet it’s becoming increasingly easy for those people to find them at home.

This whitepaper examines how personal information exposure is putting social workers and their families at risk, and what social services organizations can do to protect their people before a threat becomes a tragedy.

What's inside...

• Why social workers face some of the highest levels of job-related violence of any profession, and how the digital era has made the threat follow them home

• How personal information freely available online is enabling stalking, harassment, and targeted attacks against social services personnel and their families

• The hidden cost of inaction—from morale and retention losses to emergency security spending after an incident occurs

• What existing privacy laws get right, where they fall short, and why enforcement remains a critical gap

• A three-option framework for social services organizations evaluating how to protect their personnel within tighter budgets

About Ironwall by Incogni

Ironwall is a digital bodyguard designed to protect employees and executive teams from threats that start online—like doxxing, targeted harassment, and real-world violence.

How we do it:

• Complete removal. Search and removal of exposed personal information from the entire searchable web. 

• Expert-led intelligence. Threat monitoring, risk assessment, and detection of escalation patterns.

• Emergency response. De-escalation, safety planning, and coordination with security and law enforcement.  

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