Threat Monitoring
Continuous oversight helps identify suspicious activity across cloud environments, employee systems, email, and business data before issues create wider disruption.
Managed cloud security services that protect apps, identities, and data without juggling vendors. Family-run since 1994, with 24/7 monitoring and local technicians.
Your cloud footprint expanded faster than anyone on staff could secure it. We protect identities, applications, endpoints, data, compliance, and continuity in one managed service.
Continuous oversight helps identify suspicious activity across cloud environments, employee systems, email, and business data before issues create wider disruption.
Managed detection and response combines experienced monitoring with practical investigation and response support for emerging threats, ransomware concerns, and security events.
Identity and access management helps organizations control user access, strengthen account security, and support safer use of cloud applications and business systems.
Risk assessments, policy development, gap analysis, monitoring, documentation, and auditor coordination support HIPAA, SOC, ISO, and other compliance requirements.
Cloud data, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, SharePoint, Teams, and OneDrive can be backed up with offsite replication and recovery planning.
Security and compliance audits help uncover gaps in controls, technology, policies, and processes so business leaders can make informed improvements.
Worried an audit will expose cloud security gaps your last vendor left open? One dedicated team closes them and covers monitoring, compliance, backup, and IT support in plain English.
Businesses that outgrew basic cloud protection turned to LME. See how they stayed secure and available as risks changed.
"LME is has an amazing team and have been great development partners on all our projects. They deliver on time and keep us updated frequently on what they are doing!!!"
"LME has proven to be an exceptionally reliable partner for us, consistently delivering high-quality results across a diverse range of projects. Joe is always offering helpful suggestions and making sure issues are resolved."
"When Joe assigned Ivan as our lead, we felt like we finally had IT solved. Ivan has been with us 24×7 and the team behind him makes sure nothing falls through the cracks."
"We’ve been using LME Services for our business IT support, and the experience has been fantastic. Their cybersecurity expertise, responsiveness, and ability to explain complex tech in plain English really set them apart."
"We are not IT savvy people and wanted the best equipment within our budget with the easiest set-up and usage possible, so we could focus our time on our legal clients. They’ve helped optimize our technology and simplify it down to something that is easy for us to use."
"I can’t say enough great things about LME Services. I’ve trusted them for years with my computer support needs. They are reliable, knowledgeable, and always willing to help."
"Thanks to LME Services’ efforts, our workflow issues are finally resolved. We’ve worked with other IT companies but they lacked the oversight we needed. Leon and his team collaborate seamlessly with us and make sure we know someone cares."
"They deliver on a wide-breadth of IT services and ensure everything works correctly. With the personal touch of a small team, LME communicates efficiently and is instantly responsive by email or phone."
"LME is has an amazing team and have been great development partners on all our projects. They deliver on time and keep us updated frequently on what they are doing!!!"
"LME has proven to be an exceptionally reliable partner for us, consistently delivering high-quality results across a diverse range of projects. Joe is always offering helpful suggestions and making sure issues are resolved."
"When Joe assigned Ivan as our lead, we felt like we finally had IT solved. Ivan has been with us 24×7 and the team behind him makes sure nothing falls through the cracks."
"We’ve been using LME Services for our business IT support, and the experience has been fantastic. Their cybersecurity expertise, responsiveness, and ability to explain complex tech in plain English really set them apart."
"We are not IT savvy people and wanted the best equipment within our budget with the easiest set-up and usage possible, so we could focus our time on our legal clients. They’ve helped optimize our technology and simplify it down to something that is easy for us to use."
"I can’t say enough great things about LME Services. I’ve trusted them for years with my computer support needs. They are reliable, knowledgeable, and always willing to help."
"Thanks to LME Services’ efforts, our workflow issues are finally resolved. We’ve worked with other IT companies but they lacked the oversight we needed. Leon and his team collaborate seamlessly with us and make sure we know someone cares."
"They deliver on a wide-breadth of IT services and ensure everything works correctly. With the personal touch of a small team, LME communicates efficiently and is instantly responsive by email or phone."
"LME is has an amazing team and have been great development partners on all our projects. They deliver on time and keep us updated frequently on what they are doing!!!"
"LME has proven to be an exceptionally reliable partner for us, consistently delivering high-quality results across a diverse range of projects. Joe is always offering helpful suggestions and making sure issues are resolved."
"When Joe assigned Ivan as our lead, we felt like we finally had IT solved. Ivan has been with us 24×7 and the team behind him makes sure nothing falls through the cracks."
"We’ve been using LME Services for our business IT support, and the experience has been fantastic. Their cybersecurity expertise, responsiveness, and ability to explain complex tech in plain English really set them apart."
"We are not IT savvy people and wanted the best equipment within our budget with the easiest set-up and usage possible, so we could focus our time on our legal clients. They’ve helped optimize our technology and simplify it down to something that is easy for us to use."
"I can’t say enough great things about LME Services. I’ve trusted them for years with my computer support needs. They are reliable, knowledgeable, and always willing to help."
"Thanks to LME Services’ efforts, our workflow issues are finally resolved. We’ve worked with other IT companies but they lacked the oversight we needed. Leon and his team collaborate seamlessly with us and make sure we know someone cares."
"They deliver on a wide-breadth of IT services and ensure everything works correctly. With the personal touch of a small team, LME communicates efficiently and is instantly responsive by email or phone."
Juggling separate security and backup providers with slow replies? LME gives you one team, transparent pricing, and live answers.
A second-generation provider founded in 1994, committed to long-term client relationships and dependable service.
Around-the-clock human support and SOC monitoring help protect systems across evolving business environments.
Managed IT, cybersecurity, backup, compliance, and telecom services work together through one dedicated team.
Security recommendations are explained clearly for business leaders, including organizations throughout Chicagoland.
Cloud security gaps grow when each month brings a different analyst. The same experienced team handles your environment and responds with context.
CEO
Joe Engelking serves as CEO of LME Services, proudly carrying forward the standard of service excellence his father, Leon, established in 1994. Based at the company's Hoffman Estates headquarters, Joe leads new business development and client relationships across the Chicagoland area, ensuring every organization receives technology solutions tailored to their unique needs. As a second-generation leader, he blends decades of family expertise with a forward-thinking approach, championing the integration of AI and automation into client operations to improve efficiency and security. Joe is deeply committed to LME's mission of practical, plain-English technology guidance, working closely with small and mid-size businesses, law firms, and financial services companies. His leadership reflects a genuine dedication to keeping clients running, secure, and confident in their technology partner.
Founder
Leon Engelking is the Founder of LME Services, having launched the company in 1994 after a career at IBM during the early rise of Microsoft and personal computing. Recognizing an underserved population of business owners who needed dependable, practical IT support as internet adoption emerged, Leon built LME from the ground up to meet that need. Over more than three decades, he guided the company through major technology shifts, including ransomware growth, cloud computing adoption, and the transition to remote work. His vision established LME's family-run culture and its commitment to long-term client relationships throughout Chicagoland. Leon's legacy continues to shape the company's values of security-first operations and dedicated, personalized service for small and mid-size businesses across the region.
MSSP pricing varies according to the users, devices, cloud services, compliance requirements, monitoring scope, and response needs included. LME Services offers fully managed services priced per user, per device, or through a customized quote. A discovery conversation helps define the environment and required protections, after which the team can recommend an appropriate service structure and provide clear pricing.
Talk with LME Services about practical protection for your business.
Even cloud problems sometimes need hands on a device, and a far-away provider can't help there. Our Hoffman Estates technicians support cloud security across Chicagoland, on site when needed.
Chicagoland
Primary Region
24/7 Monitoring
Support Model
Hoffman Estates
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Recognized by GoodFirms in 2023 for a client-first approach to IT support.
Featured on UpCity among top-rated managed IT services providers in Chicago.
Ranked by Clutch as a top managed service provider in Illinois for 2024.
If your cloud outgrew its protection or your provider falls short, start here. Share your goals for practical next steps.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at 847-496-5196. You can also send us a quick email at info@lmeservices.com.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at 847-496-5196. You can also send us a quick email at info@lmeservices.com.