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Social Media Screening by Use Case

The same intelligence-led methodology, read through the lens that matters to your decision. A footprint is interpreted differently by a board, a selection panel, a sponsor, a care-home recruiter, or a border official — so we screen against the scrutiny you actually face. Choose the use case that fits.

Executive & Board Leadership

CEOs, founders, directors, trustees, senior executives

Would this person be trusted with authority, judgement, capital, and institutional responsibility?

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Political Candidate & Public Office

Candidates, MPs, councillors, campaign teams, public appointees

Would voters, parties, journalists, and opponents see this person as credible, rooted, disciplined, and electable?

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Employment, HR & Safeguarding

Candidates, employees, schools, charities, regulated roles

Would this person create behavioural, safeguarding, workplace, tribunal, or reputational risk if appointed?

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Investor, M&A & Founder Due Diligence

Founders, management teams, PE/VC targets, acquisition leaders

Could this affect investor confidence, transaction risk, valuation, leadership credibility, or post-deal reputation?

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Media, Broadcast & Contributor Vetting

Presenters, contributors, production teams, journalists, creators

Could this undermine editorial credibility, impartiality, audience trust, Ofcom sensitivity, or brand safety?

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Professional Sport & Sponsorship

Athletes, clubs, agents, sponsors, coaches

Could this affect transfer value, fan perception, sponsor confidence, club reputation, or ambassador suitability?

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UHNW, Family Office & Private Client Protection

Principals, heirs, partners, family offices, private clients

Could this expose reputation, privacy, security, wealth signalling, family vulnerability, or media interest?

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Legal, Litigation & Reputation Advisory

Law firms, reputation lawyers, dispute clients, opposing parties

What could be used in litigation, negotiation, discovery, media pressure, or pre-crisis strategy?

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Education, Academia & Institutional Representation

Academics, visiting speakers, university leaders, student ambassadors

Could this damage institutional trust, student safety, donor confidence, public credibility, or overseas travel readiness?

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Adult Social Care & Care Homes

Care homes, domiciliary care, supported living and adult social care providers.

Does this person’s public digital footprint raise relevant concerns about their character, judgement, safeguarding suitability or fitness for a position of trust?

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Every report from £29.99 + VAT · delivered in 48 hours

Persona-based screening

Choose the depth. Both tiers are written to your persona lens. Transparent pricing, no sales call.

Digital Screening Report

DTVRA (Lite)

£29.99 + VAT per report

Shorter intelligence analyst commentary on your digital footprint.

  • •1 subject
  • •13 risk categories
  • •6 platforms
  • •Sentiment and image analysis
  • •PDF report with a short written analysis
  • •Delivered within 48 hours
See sample
Most Popular

Report + Professional Analysis

DTVRA (Full)

£89.99 + VAT per report

In-depth professional analysis with bespoke risk advice and mitigation guidance.

  • •Full automated screening report
  • •Human analyst review of flagged risks
  • •Bespoke risk advice and mitigation guidance
  • •Reputational due diligence context
  • •Delivered within 48 hours
See sample
Inside the deliverable

The anatomy of a Hermes screening report

Every engagement produces a structured, analyst-led intelligence document — not a raw data dump. Two tiers, each built to the same standard of discretion and precision. Explore the structure below, then download a sample to see the full read.

Document class
Threat & Vulnerability Assessment
Format
12 sections · ~17 pp · A4
Method
Analyst-led · human judgement on machine-grade signal
For
Selection, appointment & high-stakes decisions
01

Executive Intelligence Summary

Composite risk score and the bottom-line read, with a sharp “so what” for the decision at hand.

Bespoke analysis
02

Subject Intelligence Profile

Disposition, public persona and the breadth of the digital footprint across platforms.

Posture & persona
03

Collection & Methodology

Sources, date window, corpus size and explicit limitations — the integrity of the assessment.

Sources & scope
04

Key Evidence

Paraphrased extracts and platform signals, each with a “why it matters” weaponisation line.

Evidence items
05

Priority Intelligence Requirements

Standing analyst questions resolved against the corpus, cited to evidence with a confidence rating.

Q&A
06

Threat Vectors

Exploitable surfaces ranked by exploitability and urgency, with target audiences and evidence.

Exploitable surfaces
07

Red Team Assessment

How a competent adversary converts the surface into damage — profiles, paths, worst-case narrative.

Adversary modelling
08

Blue Team Assessment

Defensive priorities, counter-narratives and an owned action ledger with owners and timeframes.

Defensive posture
09

Personal Brand & Outcome Alignment

From current persona to desired position, sequenced over a 7 / 30 / 90-day plan.

Outcome alignment
10

Strategic Realism Briefings

Curated reading that arms the client with the language to act on the assessment.

Recommended reading
11

Analyst Confidence & Limitations

Overall confidence, data gaps and caveats — stated plainly, never overclaimed.

Caveats
12

Final Intelligence Judgement

The decision-grade verdict, decision implications and a monitoring recommendation.

Bottom line

Every report is written to a reporting lens

Political CandidateSelection, opposition scrutiny and public-office standards.
Executive & BoardNED appointments, fiduciary trust and board-code conduct.
NGO & Aid DeploymentField-deployment, partner and donor risk in sensitive contexts.
Jurisdiction-AwareCountry-risk framing — e.g. US and punitive-jurisdiction exposure.

Not sure which applies?

Talk to a strategist and we will point you to the right screening for your circumstances.

Persona-based screening

Choose the depth. Both tiers are written to your persona lens. Transparent pricing, no sales call.

Digital Screening Report

DTVRA (Lite)

£29.99 + VAT per report

Shorter intelligence analyst commentary on your digital footprint.

  • •1 subject
  • •13 risk categories
  • •6 platforms
  • •Sentiment and image analysis
  • •PDF report with a short written analysis
  • •Delivered within 48 hours
See sample
Most Popular

Report + Professional Analysis

DTVRA (Full)

£89.99 + VAT per report

In-depth professional analysis with bespoke risk advice and mitigation guidance.

  • •Full automated screening report
  • •Human analyst review of flagged risks
  • •Bespoke risk advice and mitigation guidance
  • •Reputational due diligence context
  • •Delivered within 48 hours
See sample
Inside the deliverable

The anatomy of a Hermes screening report

Every engagement produces a structured, analyst-led intelligence document — not a raw data dump. Two tiers, each built to the same standard of discretion and precision. Explore the structure below, then download a sample to see the full read.

Document class
Threat & Vulnerability Assessment
Format
12 sections · ~17 pp · A4
Method
Analyst-led · human judgement on machine-grade signal
For
Selection, appointment & high-stakes decisions
01

Executive Intelligence Summary

Composite risk score and the bottom-line read, with a sharp “so what” for the decision at hand.

Bespoke analysis
02

Subject Intelligence Profile

Disposition, public persona and the breadth of the digital footprint across platforms.

Posture & persona
03

Collection & Methodology

Sources, date window, corpus size and explicit limitations — the integrity of the assessment.

Sources & scope
04

Key Evidence

Paraphrased extracts and platform signals, each with a “why it matters” weaponisation line.

Evidence items
05

Priority Intelligence Requirements

Standing analyst questions resolved against the corpus, cited to evidence with a confidence rating.

Q&A
06

Threat Vectors

Exploitable surfaces ranked by exploitability and urgency, with target audiences and evidence.

Exploitable surfaces
07

Red Team Assessment

How a competent adversary converts the surface into damage — profiles, paths, worst-case narrative.

Adversary modelling
08

Blue Team Assessment

Defensive priorities, counter-narratives and an owned action ledger with owners and timeframes.

Defensive posture
09

Personal Brand & Outcome Alignment

From current persona to desired position, sequenced over a 7 / 30 / 90-day plan.

Outcome alignment
10

Strategic Realism Briefings

Curated reading that arms the client with the language to act on the assessment.

Recommended reading
11

Analyst Confidence & Limitations

Overall confidence, data gaps and caveats — stated plainly, never overclaimed.

Caveats
12

Final Intelligence Judgement

The decision-grade verdict, decision implications and a monitoring recommendation.

Bottom line

Every report is written to a reporting lens

Political CandidateSelection, opposition scrutiny and public-office standards.
Executive & BoardNED appointments, fiduciary trust and board-code conduct.
NGO & Aid DeploymentField-deployment, partner and donor risk in sensitive contexts.
Jurisdiction-AwareCountry-risk framing — e.g. US and punitive-jurisdiction exposure.

Last updated June 2026