Security develops essential values for humanity such as peace, pro-gress and human freedom. In the context of the process of globalization, which co-vers all areas of existence of mankind, the issue of ensuring security both at natio-nal and international level occupies a primary place in the working list of specia-lized institutions in the field. The article relates the theoretical aspects of globalization and its impact on the international security environment, but also the topic of the security practice, concepts and international strategies related to security at the current stage, against the background of the realities that have been shaped in the last decades on the international arena.