Internet of things and secure smart environments : successes and pitfalls The main goal of Internet of Things is to make secure reliable and fully automated smart environments. However there are many technological challenges in deploying IoT. This includes connectivity and networking timeliness power and energy consumption dependability security and privacy compatibility and longevity and network protocol standards. Internet of Things and Secure Smart Environments: Successes and Pitfalls will provide a comprehensive overview of recent research and open problems in the area of IoT research. It covers state of the art problems presents solutions and open research directions for researchers and scholars in both the industry and academia