The national security sector is determined by a variety of factors – economic, political, social – which, by their unity and interdependence, form the whole complexity and multidimensionality of the processes, arising within its framework. The necessity to determine the essence and the content of this system leads to the necessity to determine the mechanism ensuring the national security, understanding the essence of the social systems in which the transient nature, provides the opportunity to deliver concrete and adequate conclusions con¬cerning the realization of the socio-cultural context of transition.