Threat Monitoring
Continuous oversight helps identify suspicious activity across cloud environments, employee systems, email, and business data before issues create wider disruption.
Protect cloud applications, identities, endpoints, and business data with managed security services from LME Services. Our team combines 24/7 monitoring, threat detection and response, compliance support, backup readiness, and practical guidance to help small and mid-sized businesses stay secure and operational. With roots in Chicagoland and experience supporting evolving technology environments, we make enterprise-level protection easier to manage.
Integrated cloud protection for identities, applications, endpoints, data, compliance, and business continuity.
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.
LME Services brings cloud security, monitoring, compliance, backup readiness, and IT support together through one dedicated team. Businesses receive practical guidance in plain English, proactive oversight, and access to human support around the clock. The approach is designed for small and mid-sized organizations that need stronger protection without the complexity of managing separate security, backup, and technology providers.
See how practical technology guidance helps organizations stay secure, available, and prepared for changing risks.
Get a security partner focused on continuity, clarity, and long-term business relationships.
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.
Experienced people provide clear guidance and responsive cloud security support.
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.
Customer Support / Business Operations
Shania Vernon supports LME Services' clients through customer support and business operations, playing a key role in ensuring smooth day-to-day interactions between the company and the businesses it serves. She helps coordinate client communications and operational processes, contributing to LME's reputation for dependable, responsive service across the Chicagoland area. Shania works behind the scenes to ensure that clients receive timely assistance and that internal operations run efficiently, supporting the company's broader mission of keeping businesses running without disruption. Her attention to detail and dedication to client satisfaction reflect LME's family-run values of long-term relationships and practical, straightforward service. Shania is an essential part of the team that helps small and mid-size businesses feel confident in their technology partner.
Systems Engineer
Ivan Chapa serves as Systems Engineer at LME Services, acting as a lead technical resource for clients throughout the Chicagoland area. He is frequently recognized in client testimonials for his reliable 24/7 support and consistent follow-through on technical issues, ensuring businesses stay secure and operational at all times. Ivan's expertise spans managed IT services, systems monitoring, and troubleshooting, allowing him to resolve complex technical challenges efficiently while communicating clearly with clients. His hands-on approach and commitment to responsiveness align with LME's mission of ensuring clients are never caught off guard by technology issues. Ivan plays a critical role in maintaining the dependable, security-focused service that has defined LME Services' reputation for over three decades.
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.
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LME Services provides managed cloud security and technology support across listed service areas.
Chicagoland
Primary Region
24/7 Monitoring
Support Model
Hoffman Estates
Local Office
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4.9 out of 5 stars across 30 reviews
5.0 rating across 17 GoodFirms reviews
Family-run technology company founded in 1994
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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.