[Home](./index.md) > [bitburner](./bitburner.md) > [NS](./bitburner.ns.md) > [growthAnalyzeSecurity](./bitburner.ns.growthanalyzesecurity.md) ## NS.growthAnalyzeSecurity() method Calculate the security increase for a number of grow threads. **Signature:** ```typescript growthAnalyzeSecurity(threads: number, host?: string, cores?: number): number; ``` ## Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
threads	number	Amount of threads that will be used.
host	string	_(Optional)_ Optional. Hostname/IP of the target server. If provided, security increase is limited by the number of threads needed to reach maximum money.
cores	number	_(Optional)_ Optional. The number of cores of the server that would run grow.

**Returns:** number The security increase. ## Remarks RAM cost: 1 GB Returns the security increase that would occur if a grow with this many threads happened.