Employee slip-ups lead to more security breaches than hackers ever will. We can help you strengthen your first line of defense with cybersecurity awareness training in Chicago that teaches your company how to build new habits and how to spot a potential threat.
And because you're local, you get local. A Chicago team that picks up the phone, tunes training to your industry, and gives you clean reporting leadership can trust for audits, insurers, and compliance.
Call 1-312-724-6896 to speak with a real person in our Chicago office or schedule an assessment for when you and the team are available. A cybersecurity professional from EMPIST will be in touch.
Built in Chicago, based in the Loop, and shaped by more than 25 years of keeping this city’s businesses online, secure, and moving. Behind every ticket, project, and late-night save is a team whose names you actually know—not some rotating cast in an anonymous queue.
Our office sits in the heart of the Loop, close enough to grab a coffee with you between client meetings or be onsite when the moment calls for more than a screen share. We’ve grown up alongside our clients, through server closets and cloud migrations, compliance deadlines and cyber scares—and we bring that hard-earned context to every conversation.
Phishing and social engineering are not “IT problems.” They are people problems, which is why they work. The messages look legitimate, the timing feels urgent, and the ask is just plausible enough to slip past a busy Tuesday. Email, text, QR codes, phone calls, even vendor impersonation, it is all designed to make a good employee move fast.
That is where we come in. From our Loop Chicago office, EMPIST trains your team to spot the setup, verify the request, and report it before it spreads. No scare tactics. No finger pointing. Just practical coaching that builds reflexes, reduces click rates, and protects the trust your business runs on.
Weak passwords and reused credentials are the oldest trick in the book, and attackers keep using them because they keep working. One leaked password can open email, files, banking portals, and client data like a master key, especially when accounts share the same login across systems.
Password hygiene and MFA training turns that soft spot into a hard stop. We teach teams how to create and store strong passwords with a manager, recognize MFA fatigue and fake prompts, and verify unusual login requests before approving anything. The result is simple: fewer account takeovers, fewer late night surprises, and a login posture that actually earns its keep.
Sensitive data is not just a file. It is a promise. HIPAA records, financial details, client files, and PII can leak through the simplest moments: the wrong attachment, a forwarded thread, an open laptop in a lobby, or a “quick share” link that stays public longer than anyone intended.
This training gives your team clear rules and real scenarios, so they know what data is sensitive, where it can live, and how it should move. We cover secure sharing, least privilege access, clean desk habits, proper disposal, and what to do when something feels off, so compliance is not a scramble and trust is not a gamble.
Work no longer lives in one office. It travels through home Wi Fi, coffee shop networks, personal hotspots, and whatever device is closest when the deadline hits. That freedom is good for productivity and great for attackers, especially when VPN habits slip, updates get ignored, or laptops wander off.
This training builds practical routines: use secure networks, connect the right way, keep systems patched, and report a lost device immediately. We make it clear what is safe, what is risky, and what to do when something goes sideways, so your team can work from anywhere without turning “anywhere” into exposure.
Business email compromise is the quiet con that funds a lot of loud chaos. An attacker impersonates a vendor, a partner, or an executive, then applies pressure with perfect timing: “new banking details,” “urgent wire,” “send the W-9,” “keep this confidential.” It is not about breaking your systems, it is about bending your process.
Training fixes the weak point with simple, repeatable controls. We teach teams to spot red flags, confirm changes through a known channel, and follow a payment verification checklist every time. The goal is boring on purpose: fewer surprises, fewer fraudulent payments, and fewer conversations that start with, “We need to claw that wire back.
EMPIST starts by surveying your team and leadership to pinpoint the security topics that matter most to your organization. From there, we set the right training cadence and launch a baseline phishing test to establish a clear report of where your risks actually live.
Powered by the advanced KnowBe4 platform, users are tested regularly and assigned recurring training based on real results. Everyone gets a simple portal login to track progress, complete lessons, and help your organization improve over time with measurable reporting.
Security tuned to your risk profile.
Compliance mapped to your industry
Support that respects how your people actually work
Design around the line-of-business tools you actually live in.
Build predictable, scalable plans that grow with you.
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Chicago, IL 60603
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