The phrase "addressing a threat" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the action of dealing with or responding to a potential danger or risk.
Example: "The government is focused on addressing a threat to national security posed by cyber attacks."
Alternatives: "tackling a threat" or "dealing with a threat."
Some scholars say central government officials appear torn between addressing a threat to stability and reining in an engine of economic growth.
By making domestic terrorism a crime, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies might be incentivized to devote more time and resources to addressing a threat that some say rivals, if not surpasses, international terrorism in terms of its impact on ordinary Americans.
"We're not waiting for an incident before addressing a threat.
But while compliance remains crucial, it is entirely insufficient to address a threat landscape that rapidly evolves.
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.
In this white paper, however, we address a threat not just to academic game studies and the historical appreciation of game culture, but also to game developers and the industry itself: the potential disappearance of original game content and intellectual property through media decay, obsolescence, and loss.
The quicker companies can address a threat, the better chance they have of preventing it from escalating or even stopping it outright.
