Since the 2010s, South Korea’s cybersecurity strategy has undergone a pronounced shift towards a proactive orientation propelled by interrelated pathways. First, via hypersecuritisation, the country has cultivated a threat-centric discourse that heighten societal sensitivity to cyber risks and its narratives. Second, through norm-grafting, it has aligned with international cybersecurity norms to legitimise strategic repositioning. This article advances a focussed analytical framework integrating political–discursive dynamics with standing-seeking norm politics to explain and assess the evolution of national cybersecurity strategies, addressing gaps in the existing scholarship that has often remained descriptive and under-theorised regarding the mechanisms of strategic change. Empirically, viewed through a power lens, South Korea conjoins alliance-anchored deterrence with middle-power diplomacy – leveraging regional fora and capacity-building platforms to translate cyber capabilities into political influence and legitimating authority. Transformations hedge against skepticism as well as institutional resistance domestically and internationally, reflecting a realist convergence of se
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