Abstract
The purpose of the research is to identify the conceptual foundations of economic security and analyze the best practices and experience of developed countries in Europe, North America and Asia in ensuring the country's economic security. Methodology – legislative acts, decrees of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, data from the Department of the Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the World Bank, the British Ministry of Defense, scientific works of foreign scientists are used as a theoretical and methodological basis for research. Methods such as analytical, statistical, historical review, and search are used in the research process. The received information was analyzed and structured. Originality (value) of the research – understanding the conceptual foundations of the functioning of the economic security system will allow in the long term to achieve sustainable economic growth and increase the competitiveness of the country and each region. Findings – the article describes the history of the emergence of the concept of "economic security", examines the content of the concept of economic security, opinions of economic scientists, internal and external risks of the economic security of the country. In addition, the main problems of stability of the economy of the country are presented. The foreign experience of ensuring economic security is analyzed, on the basis of which the ways of improving the system of economic security of the Republic of Kazakhstan are formulated.