Chicago / Midwest – Physical Penetration Testing
Your Partner in Proactive Threat Prevention

Physical penetration testing and red teaming grounded in real-world attacks.

Obscurity safeguards organizations with proactive security and thorough analysis. We test buildings, people, and procedures the way determined adversaries do.

Mission
Safeguard organizations with proactive security and clear, risk-based reporting.
Founder-led
Every engagement is led by Swade Cirata and Nate King—from scoping to final readout.
Core Services

Physical, blended, and social attack simulations.

Targeted engagements that mirror how real attackers move—through doors, hallways, inboxes, and conversations.

Built for small business today, scaling to enterprise tomorrow

Physical Penetration Testing

  • Bypass locks, badges, and visitor flows.
  • Identify easy paths to sensitive areas.

Red Team Exercises

  • Blended physical + social campaigns.
  • Follow realistic attacker objectives.

Social Engineering

  • Phishing, pretexting, tailgating tests.
  • Measures how staff respond under pressure.

Security Awareness Training

  • Executive and staff sessions.
  • Built from your real findings.

Policy & Procedure Review

  • Compare practice vs. written policy.
  • Prioritized, practical fixes.

Ongoing Surprise Audits

  • Subscription-based spot checks.
  • Verify controls stay effective.
How We Work

A simple, disciplined engagement flow.

Clear steps from first call to final report, tuned for your risk and constraints.

1

Scope

Define locations, objectives, rules of engagement, and success criteria.

2

Recon & Planning

OSINT, site walks, and scenario design that match realistic adversaries.

3

Execution

Controlled tests with careful evidence capture and safety checks.

4

Readout & Support

Executive summary, technical detail, and remediation support as needed.

Core Values

Principles behind every engagement.

Integrity, excellence, confidentiality, innovation, and customer focus— not just in slides, but in how we operate.

Integrity Excellence Confidentiality Innovation Customer Focus
  • Transparent, defensible testing and reporting.
  • Attention to detail from door hardware to slide decks.
  • Tight control of sensitive findings and evidence.
Clients

Designed for small business and growing enterprises.

Obscurity focuses on small and mid-sized organizations across Chicago and the Midwest, with processes ready to scale.

Ideal organizations

Offices, co-working spaces, professional services, manufacturers, logistics, and growth-stage businesses building formal physical security.

Stakeholders

Owners, executives, CISOs, facilities and operations managers, risk, compliance, and IT/security teams.

Why choose Obscurity

Founder-led delivery, attacker-minded tests, clear risk mapping, practical fixes, and support for multi-site programs.

Founders

Direct access to the people doing the work.

Obscurity is founder-led. You work directly with Swade Cirata and Nate King from first call to final report.

Swade Cirata
Physical posture & on-site operations

Leads on-the-ground testing of doors, badge systems, guards, and building flows— focusing on how real attackers move through your environment.

Nate King
Technical integration & reporting

Connects physical findings to systems, risk, and compliance—delivering clear, executive-ready summaries with actionable technical detail.

No hand-off from sales to delivery—just direct interaction with the people responsible for your tests, findings, and remediation roadmap.
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Contact

Start a conversation with Obscurity.

Share a short overview of your organization, locations, and objectives. We’ll propose next steps for a founder-led intro call.

Email: [email protected]

Location: Chicago, serving organizations across the Midwest.

  • Typical call: 30–45 minutes.
  • We discuss scope, constraints, and timing.
  • No obligation, no hard sell.

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