IoT – the Internet of Things – is part of the dramatic changes sometimes referred to as “digital transformation” or “digital disruption”. The combination of new disruptive business models based upon networked environments, an ubiquitous sensor and actuator infrastructure and the availability of “limitless” computing power and data storage are key drivers of IoT. All of this combined with a socio-economic environment to exploit the potentials of all systems (power grids, hospitals, banks, fleets of locomotives, cars, airplanes, aso.) for all users (manufacturers, operators, professionals, consumers) have created the current IoT hype.