This thesis presents the benefits of the Internet of Things to the individual from a security point of view. The subject is important because the Internet of Things is a rapidly growing phenomenon that will inevitably have a significant impact on current and future societies. With the advancement of emerging technologies in the near future, almost every item can be connected to the internet, enabling enormous potential. The purpose of this thesis is to answer the question of what kind of different benefits individual can get from the Internet of Things and how will the benefits improve the security of the individual. In this thesis, safety benefits are examined from four perspectives: safety benefits in traffic, health care, home and individual’s personal safety benefits. The thesis also takes into account safety issues related to the Internet of Things, such as information security and privacy issues. This thesis is a literature review and the material for the thesis was mainly collected from IEEE Xplore and Google Scholar search engines and also from the Jyväskylä University library’s database. The thesis presents a comprehensive range of safety benefits to the individual and explains how the various benefits affect the safety of the individual. The thesis found that the benefits achieved can be presented in four categories. These are data gathering, analyzing data, communication between objects, and communication to the individual. By doing this, the individual gets valuable information about security both from oneself and from the environment. In addition, an individual can make security-based decisions based on the information individual have acquired from the Internet, or rely on things to act independently for the best of the individual.