The process of national security management must take into account each state’s interests in order to meet the expectations, needs and aspirations of the whole nation. In the initial conceptual and decision-making stage, this process includes ideological and doctrinal-level thinking as well as considerations at the program and operational levels. The following implementation stage covers the initiation of concrete security measures. This process must be flexible and take into account all changes taking place in the external environment of the state, as well as all transformations occurring within the security system, in order to create an effective and long-term security policy. An efficient organization of national security management requires a broad interdisciplinary approach taking into account executive issues, as well as decisions made at the central – ministerial level. In Poland, there are two mechanisms to derive national security strategies, adjudicate their results, and then adapt to evolving conditions and needs. These mechanisms are the state defense strategy verified by Strategic Defence Review process and national security system verified by the Strategic National Security Review. This article will summarize these two processes to include recent changes based on the evolving international security arena.