The phrase "a cost of security" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the expenses or sacrifices associated with maintaining security measures or systems.
Example: "Implementing advanced cybersecurity protocols comes with a significant cost of security that organizations must be prepared to manage."
Alternatives: "an expense of security" or "a price of security".
He restored a cost-of-living increase to supplemental Social Security income checks that the governor had proposed to freeze, and moved up a plan to increase welfare grants to begin in June instead of next January.
Richer nations must recognise that helping others to achieve basic standards is not altruism but a self-interested cost of security.
Such a step could lower the astronomical cost of security and detection gear in an environment in which, she said, equipment is obsolete almost as soon as it is installed.
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, complaining that federal money for security had failed to reach most communities in New York State, said yesterday that local governments were bearing a disproportionate share of the cost of security since Sept. 11, 2001.
The agency is projecting a 23percentt decline in operating revenues this year while it expects a nearly 45percentt increase in the cost of security at all of its operations.
Still, even at today's wages, the high cost of security in a prison workplace eats up much of the potential profit.
According to the U.S. Department of Defense, "Most assessments suggest that Afghanistan's economy will not grow rapidly enough in the next five years to allow the Afghan government to assume a significantly larger share of the cost of security".
Placing art that examines the human cost of security inside a gun battery or missile installation collapses the distance between target and source: one cannot hide from the impact".
Multiple bulwarks greatly increase the cost of security, but that may be a price the companies have to pay.
The convenience of partial fingerprint readings comes at the cost of security, which is convenient for a sneaky AI.
