Orchestrating IoT Safety: A Next-Gen Framework Using IFTTT Applets

The rapid proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has amplified concerns regarding safety, reliability, and contextual adaptability within smart environments. Traditional IoT safety solutions are often rigid, device-specific, and lack scalability across heterogeneous ecosystems. To address these limitations, this study proposes a context-aware orchestration model for IoT safety leveraging the widely adopted If This Then That (IFTTT) framework. The model dynamically integrates context-driven triggers, conditions, and actions to enforce safety policies across diverse IoT devices and applications. By embedding contextual intelligence into IFTTT applets, the framework enables proactive detection of unsafe conditions, real-time policy adaptation, and automated responses to potential hazards. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed model enhances responsiveness to environmental and behavioral changes while reducing safety rule violations by a significant margin compared to static rule-based systems. The approach further ensures lightweight deployment, cost efficiency, and ease of customization, making it suitable for large-scale smart homes, industrial IoT, and healthcare monitoring environments. This research highlights the potential of combining context-awareness with rule-based orchestration to create a next-generation, user-centric IoT safety framework.