System conversion in a networked computing environment

A system for providing security in a networked computing environment, comprising:

• at least one computer device in the networked computing environment, the at least one computer device comprising:
• a hardware processor, a computer readable memory, and a computer readable storage medium;
• program instructions to detect a breach of a first system in the networked computing environment;
• and
• program instructions to, for each of a plurality of other systems in the networked computing environment that are non-breached systems:
• determine a respective distance-based risk factor for the non-breached other system;
• determining whether or not the risk factor for the non-breached other system exceeds a threshold;
• in response to determining that the risk factor exceeds the threshold, re-generating the non-breached other system as a new virtual machine at a new location;
• and
• in response to determining that the risk factor does not exceed the threshold, maintaining the non-breached other system unchanged.

A computer program product for providing security in a networked computing environment, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage device having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions being executable by a computer device to cause the computer device to:

• detect a breach of a first system at a first location in the networked computing environment;
• determine a risk factor of a second system based on a distance between the second system and the first system, wherein the second system is a non-breached system at a second location in the networked computing environment;
• in response to determining that the risk factor of the non-breached second system exceeds a threshold:
• identify the non-breached second system as an at-risk system;
• and
• re-generate the non-breached second system as a new virtual machine at a fourth location in the networked computing environment;
• determine a risk factor of a third system based on a distance between the third system and the first system, wherein the third system is a non-breached system at a third location in the networked computing environment;
• and
• in response to determining that the risk factor of the non-breached third system does not exceed the threshold, identify the non-breached third system as a safe system and maintain the non-breached third system unchanged at the third location.