Apparatuses and methods for providing change and/or transfer of custody signaling in a wireless sensor network (WSN) are disclosed. An apparatus may include communications circuitry to interact with a cloud server to receive an instruction regarding a change of custody for at least one sensor node within a WSN. The at least one sensor node may be assigned to the apparatus for tracking, and the instruction may identify a second apparatus within the WSN to assume custody of the at least one sensor. The apparatus may further include a control unit coupled to the communications circuitry to signal the second apparatus and the at least one sensor node regarding the transfer of custody, wherein the signaling is over a wireless protocol of the WSN. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.