This upload contains a working preprint and supporting materials for the paper “The Paradox of Paper Readiness: A Structural Diagnostic of Cybersecurity Readiness and Institutional Execution with Evidence from Thailand.” The study examines whether high formal cybersecurity readiness necessarily translates into effective institutional execution. It integrates three macro-level governance data sources: the ITU Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI), the World Bank Control of Corruption indicator, and the World Justice Project Rule of Law Index. Using a strict 2020 cross-country sample, the study develops an author-constructed execution score and two diagnostic measures: the paper-readiness gap and the enforcement gap. The analysis identifies four analytical archetypes—Cyber Fortress, Paper Tiger, Organic Safety, and Wild West—and positions Thailand as a high-readiness / low-execution case. Files may include draft manuscript text, figures, and working notebook materials. This record is intended to support citation, open access sharing, and versioned research dissemination.
Apichet Janya (Wed,) studied this question.