A first data processing apparatus adapted to operate in accordance with one or more platform configurations, wherein the first data processing apparatus comprises: an attestation processor adapted to establish attestation data, the attestation data being indicative of a current platform configuration of the one or more platform configurations; a network interface; and a data storage device for storing validation data, the validation data facilitating a validity check of integrity data, the integrity data at least comprising the attestation data; and wherein the first data processing apparatus is further adapted to provide the integrity data and the validation data to a second data processing apparatus via the network interface; and wherein the first data processing is adapted to run at least one software component, wherein the at least one software component is selected from a group comprising: - an application, which provides stored and/or computed application data to and/or which requests application data from the second data processing apparatus, - a hypervisor, - a virtual machine, - an operating system, and/or - a data space runtime environment; wherein the first data processing apparatus is adapted to provide the integrity data and the validation data, such that the integrity data and the validation data are specific for the at least one software component; and wherein the at least one software component and the validation data that is specific for the at least one software component are bundled into a bundled component image, and wherein the first data processing apparatus is adapted: - to receive the bundled component image from a server for component images; - to store the bundled component image on the data storage device; and - to retrieve the software component of the bundled component image from the data storage device for running the at least one software component. an attestation processor adapted to establish attestation data, the attestation data being indicative of a current platform configuration of the one or more platform configurations; a network interface; and a data storage device for storing validation data, the validation data facilitating a validity check of integrity data, the integrity data at least comprising the attestation data; and wherein the first data processing apparatus is further adapted to provide the integrity data and the validation data to a second data processing apparatus via the network interface; and wherein the first data processing is adapted to run at least one software component, wherein the at least one software component is selected from a group comprising: - an application, which provides stored and/or computed application data to and/or which requests application data from the second data processing apparatus, - a hypervisor, - a virtual machine, - an operating system, and/or - a data space runtime environment; - an application, which provides stored and/or computed application data to and/or which requests application data from the second data processing apparatus, - a hypervisor, - a virtual machine, - an operating system, and/or - a data space runtime environment; wherein the first data processing apparatus is adapted to provide the integrity data and the validation data, such that the integrity data and the validation data are specific for the at least one software component; and wherein the at least one software component and the validation data that is specific for the at least one software component are bundled into a bundled component image, and wherein the first data processing apparatus is adapted: - to receive the bundled component image from a server for component images; - to store the bundled component image on the data storage device; and - to retrieve the software component of the bundled component image from the data storage device for running the at least one software component. - to receive the bundled component image from a server for component images; - to store the bundled component image on the data storage device; and - to retrieve the software component of the bundled component image from the data storage device for running the at least one software component.