This article is based on the works of Anthony Giddens and Ülrich Beck on globalization. The processes described in them refer to the category of security, which has become a consumer value for modern societies. The development made by the author of the article touches upon important elements expressing the general content of the discourse of the presented characters. The text consists of three parts. The first one contains a diagnosis of the contemporary political sphere. The second one concerns actions taken for the benefit of global security, and the third one proposes changes and redefinition of the security concept in the new, global reality.