The research deals with a very important topic, which is social security viewed in the context of criminal protection for state security and the challenges it faces after a decisive change in the methods of war. The research also presents a different division of the generations of wars. We limit ourselves to four of them based on the change in the strategic war objectives and not just the means of committing them. This is because these means are not suitable for describing the real changes in the patterns of wars and the goals that it seeks to achieve. The research stresses the importance of putting the concept of state security in its correct framework, which is part of social security, so that the interest of the political system and the state issuing it does not take precedence over the interest of society as it is prevalent in traditional punitive laws (and the Iraqi law among them). In addition to the importance of expanding the legal diagnosis of images of indirect prejudice to social security that takes the form of media, economic and political activity, whether its source is internal or external. And presenting an integrated vision of state security that goes beyond the traditional formula in distinguishing between internal and external state security and considers the holistic character of the concept of state security in the modern era.