Ecological security is one of the primary problems human facing in the context of global environmental changes. Ecosystem services is a significant perception index in the variation of the ecosystem structure and functions, providing a path to connect the nature ecosystem and the society-economy system. The research on ecological security based on ecosystem services domestic and abroad is still in infancy. We carding the current progress of research on ecosystem security based on ecosystem services systemically from three aspects as follow: the studies on ecological security based on the intrinsic relationships between ecosystem services, and based on the expansion of ecosystem services, and the integrative ecological research integrating ecosystem services with ecological security. Summarizing the theoretical connotation and methodological system of ecological security based on research at home and abroad, we point out some deficiencies existing in the current research process and forecast the future directions, which may provide a theoretical basis for further in-depth studies on the coupling of ecosystem services and ecological security.