Internet of Things: Enabling Technologies, Security and Social Implications

Internet-connected devices are only part of the IoT story. The architecture that links them, the security they require, and the ways they are applied in people’s lives are just as important. This edited volume brings those connected questions together through research chapters spanning foundational concepts, system design, security, and applications with societal impact.

Rather than following a single use case, the collection ranges from end-to-end data architecture to IoT in rural healthcare, education, and early-stage autism detection. That breadth offers readers a way to compare how IoT ideas are adapted to different domains—and where practical concerns such as security and cyber-physical system reliability enter the picture.

From IoT foundations to real-world applications

The opening chapter introduces theoretical fundamentals and practical applications. The subsequent contributions widen the view, addressing data architecture and domain-specific IoT uses before examining individual settings. Chapters on rural healthcare, autism detection, and education show how the collection applies its central subject to distinct areas of public and everyday life.

Security, performance, and connected systems

Security receives focused attention in a chapter on using unikernels in IoT, which considers security alongside performance. The closing review turns to the assimilation of the Cloud of Things with cyber-physical systems. Together with the volume’s broader emphasis on enabling technologies and IoT applications, these topics offer readers a view of connected systems that includes both their capabilities and their design challenges.

A collection for research-minded readers

Edited by Santosh Kumar Pani and Manjusha Pandey, the book gathers contributions from multiple researchers rather than presenting one continuous, single-author argument. It will be most relevant to students, researchers, and technology professionals exploring IoT architecture, applications, security, and social implications. Readers can follow a broad introduction to the field, then turn to chapters focused on the domains and technical questions closest to their interests.

For anyone studying how the Internet of Things moves from enabling technologies into practical and socially significant applications, this volume offers a varied set of research perspectives in one collection.