The phrase "assume security" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is taking on or accepting a responsibility for security measures or protocols.
Example: "Before we proceed with the project, we need to assume security measures to protect our data."
Alternatives: "take on security" or "adopt security measures".
They envision the creation of a United Nations peacekeeping force made up mostly of Africans to assume security responsibilities in the country once the French have left.
Israel says the Palestinians have been reluctant to assume security control, but Mr. Dahlan said the Palestinian forces in Gaza were now prepared.
The withdrawal, which Mr. Brown said was contingent on the readiness of Iraqi forces in the region to assume security operations, would be in addition to the 500 troops the British government had previously said would return home by December.
And with so much gold and so many precious gems contained in the row of East London buildings, most people would assume security is high, with alarms, double door entry systems and CCTV on every exit.
Yet Kabul's ability to assume security, political, and economic responsibilities is increasingly in doubt.
"The plan involved training a contingency force well in advance of any possible strike to ensure the availability of fully trained and highly qualified personnel to assume security responsibilities if needed," the spokesperson said.
The Palestinian leadership says it wants to reach a cease-fire with the Palestinian factions before assuming security control in Gaza and elsewhere.
At a long table in the center of the auditorium, the president of the committee sat flanked by Timbuktu's mayor, the grand imam, the head of the city council, and a representative of the United Nations peacekeeping mission that has been assuming security operations from the French.
Assuming security conditions allow, the number would then gradually decline, first back down to about 138,000 troops, or roughly 17 brigades and their supporting forces, and then by another 20,000 to 30,000 forces by late spring, senior officers and Pentagon officials said.
Last week, Afghan forces assumed security responsibility for the whole of the country for the first time since the Taliban government was ousted in 2001.
Over the past 90-plus years, the Liberian military went from a reasonably stable force to a politicized and brutal tool of successive military regimes -- some backed by the U.S. United Nations troops assumed security responsibilities for the country in the wake of the horrific civil war.
