Video: A letter from future you | Cyber Month 2025 jingle

[Bright folk music plays. In bold, colorful animation a laptop opens. A title appears on the computer screen "A letter from the future". A new message email notification pops up, addressed "To: Me in the past. From: Me in the future." As a female vocalist sings, their words become the text of the email.]

When I look back now, I start to reflect

The things I did right to keep my online life in check

[A lasso catches an envelope dangling from a fish hook.]

The risks I dodged, the hacks I outsmarted

[A row of shields with hearts on them.]

It all began the day I got cyber safe-hearted

[Padlocks hover over social media feeds, a laptop, tablet, phone, and game console.]

Secured my accounts, all my devices too

Automatic updates, the least I could do

[A humanoid robot wears a cowboy hat as it scrolls through a smart phone.]

Firewalls and vigilance, artificial intelligence

With new AI threats, there is no precedence

[Saloon doors block an envelope from coming through as a fish hook yanks it away.]

Get cyber safe now for future you

Spotted scams with a sharper view

[An envelope wearing a cowboy hat and mustache comes through the saloon doors. The disguise falls off and a fish hook yanks the envelope away.]

Phishing emails? I saw right through

[Text in an email promises "free cowboy boots!" with an "add to cart" button. Black caution triangles with exclamation points float around the smart phone's screen, filled with a trash can icon "deleted!"]

No data stolen, no identity mess

I click with caution, and always second guess

[Music continues as a landscape appears with tall trees, mountains, and a pickup truck silhouetted against a vibrant sunset. A cowboy on a horse rides up and checks their smart phone.]

Now that I’m older, I’m proud of my past

My good cyber security habits really did last

[In a passphrase box the meter changes from weak to strong as words are typed with special characters inserted, "Y'all can't hack this firewall rodeo!"]

Used strong passphrases, all unique too

[A smart phone pop-up with an access code beside a laptop pop-up with a username and password.]

Turned on multi-step, just like the cyber pros do

[A shield bears a wifi icon, the letters VPN, and a padlock, beside a western style coffee shop.]

Used a VPN on public Wi-Fi

Ignored fake news that caught my eye

Backed up my files, kept software clean

Now I’m living the digital dream!

[A woman grins at her smart phone.]

Get cyber safe for future you

Spotted scams with a sharper view

Phishing emails? I saw right through

No data stolen, no identity mess

I click with caution, and I always second guess

[Virus particles hover around a laptop as saloon doors shut them out.]

Ransomware tried to lock my world away

[The saloon doors are pushed open and the virus particles cleared by padlocks and download icons.]

But with backups saved, I was okay

[A man and woman each smile at their devices as hearts and padlocks crowd the view.]

I didn’t gatekeep, I shared what I knew

Helped friends and family all level up too

[The email returns, with more text added as the song continues.]

So thank you, me, for thinking ahead

For learning the risks, for doing what’s said

You kept us safe, our future bright

We Got Cyber Safe, and we got it so right!

[A cursor clicks a heart icon, sealing the email inside an envelope. A single heart drifts up and away.]