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Cyber Security Tips What is an Employee Assistance
Program (EAP)?

Times have changed. An Employment Assistance Program (EAP) is a
According to Quora.com, confidential service that provides professional
somewhere between 1996 counseling and referral services designed to help you
and 2001, Internet became with personal, job or family related problems. If you
widely popularized. Since are enrolled in our United Healthcare Medical Plans,
then, workplaces have you are eligible for services provided by the Care 24
completely shifted the way they communicate.
Communication is occurring largely via email which we EAP. You can contact Care 24 anytime, day or night
now have accessible on multiple devices at any given at 1-888-887-4114. The EAP can help you understand
time. As employees of a law firm, it is our responsibility what options are available for your particular needs.
to take very seriously protecting that confidential Some of the most common concerns are:
information that we work with daily. Here are three tips
on how to better safeguard this information: • Stress, anxiety and depression
1. If you are using your mobile device or laptop to • Grief and loss
receive emails or view documents, make sure your • Parent-child conflicts
phone has a passcode enabled. This way if your • Separation and divorce
phone is lost or stolen, someone is less likely to • Coping with serious illness
be able to access any information. Also, remember • Managing anger
not to use the same password for every account.
• Illegal drug use and problem drinking
2. Make sure you lock your workstation any time you • Elder care issues
step away from your desk or laptop. You never
know if a client, maintenance staff member, or For more information (click here) or if
contractor could be walking around. You do not
want anyone to gain unauthorized access or view you have any questions, please email
something they should not be seeing. On that same Vickie.salvatierra@qpwblaw.com.
note, make sure none of your passwords are taped
on to your computer or written down somewhere
obvious.

3. When you leave for the day, make sure to lock
your office. If you work in a cubicle or open area,
make sure any documents containing personal
employee or client information are locked away
safely. On that same note, make sure when you
are disposing of any documents that contain
confidential information, you are shredding it and
not tossing it in the regular trash bin.

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