The phrase "addresses a threat" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing measures or actions taken to confront or mitigate a potential danger or risk.
Example: "The new policy addresses a threat to cybersecurity by implementing stricter access controls."
Alternatives: "tackles a risk" or "confronts a danger."
Some scholars say central government officials appear torn between addressing a threat to stability and reining in an engine of economic growth.
The study found that less than a third of key staff had the skills or technology to address a threat expected to expand over the next three years.
Was it merely good fortune that the energy policies of the 1970s helped address a threat that almost no one anticipated?
American officials insist that the Europe-based missile-defense system was intended to address a threat from Iran — a position that was reiterated by the White House and the Pentagon after Mr. Medvedev's televised remarks on Wednesday.
Still, the notion that our leaders might take bold action to address a threat far greater than terrorism is such a pleasant fantasy that I encourage Mr. Friedman to keep writing about the subject.
In the video, which appeared on social media, a masked member of a group calling itself Jund al-Khilafah, or Soldiers of the Caliphate, addressed a threat to President Francois Hollande that Mr Gourdel would be killed unless the air strikes were halted within 24 hours.
The public and individual dimensions interact insofar as a duty to participate can only be recognised where an epidemiological intervention addresses a real threat, and will plausibly deliver public benefit that includes participating individuals, at least with a high likelihood.
Our hyperbolic position bounding (HPB) algorithm addresses a novel threat scenario in probabilistically delimiting the candidate location of an attack message's originating device, assuming neither the cooperation of the attacker nor any knowledge of the EIRP [8].
