| CPC H04L 63/1441 (2013.01) [H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); H04L 63/105 (2013.01); H04L 63/1425 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method for managing security of a distributed system, the method comprising:
identifying a compromised data processing system of data processing systems of the distributed system;
identifying a portion of the data processing systems that may be also compromised based on a representation of the data processing systems in a hierarchy;
revising the hierarchy based on the portion of the data processing systems and the compromised data processing system to obtain a revised hierarchy;
refreshing security data for the data processing systems using the revised hierarchy; and
verifying communications obtained by the data processing systems using the refreshed security data.
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