The big data security problems during the process of data production,storage,use,transmission,sharing and destruction have been explored.Firstly,the development strategies of big data security worldwide were summarized.Second,from the perspective of the whole life cycle management,the current technical research and the progress of big data security protection were introduced by focusing on its collection,storage,transport,use and open sharing,destruction and management strategy.Finally,some new problems that need to be solved in the future research of big data security were discussed.