Modern virtual society is digitally forwarding toward an “always connected” paradigm, where the Internet user is shifting from persons to things, conceptualizing toward Internet of Things (IoT). The IoT integrates a large number of technologies and foresees to embody a variety of smart objects through unique addressing schemes and standard communication protocols. IoT is a hot research topic, as demonstrated by the increasing attention and the large worldwide investments devoted to it. © 2018 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.