"take security measures" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to actions taken in order to protect something from being damaged or stolen. For example, "The company is taking security measures to ensure that their intellectual property is protected."
"[But] if I just take security measures, it will come back to haunt me".
We can and should have discussions on how far to take security measures and how to improve intelligence coordination.
Yahoo said it is working with law enforcement and encouraged users to take security measures, like changing their passwords.
"We take security measures seriously here," Lt. Col. Pamela Hart, a spokeswoman for the military operation that runs the prison, said in a telephone interview tonight.
Blair argues that while the west needs to be ready to take security measures for its protection, such action alone, even military action, "will not deal with the root cause of extremism".
"If people are trying to actively wipe you out and kill your people, then you have to take security measures," says David Wilder, a spokesman for the settlers in Hebron.
Autotote denied that, saying it takes security measures seriously.
"We are taking security measures that can cope with every possible situation," Katsumi Sumiyoshi, a Hokkaido police spokesman, said.
It must be fought clandestinely, dealing with the underlying causes and taking security measures in our own country".
But they were keeping secret any details about heightened preparations or recently taken security measures for what they said were obvious reasons.
Commissioner David Stern said the N.B.A. had been in touch with the authorities and was "taking security measures for all members of our traveling party".
