Cyber Month Jingle

(A boombox rotates into frame as a large mouse cursor moves towards the play button and clicks. The boombox displays the text “Playing…”)

(Music begins)

Voice over: Gen Cyber Safe

(Lock icons move across the screen)

Gen Cyber Safe is the safest generation

(Birthday cakes float into frame)

No matter when you’re born, it’s a cyber revelation

(Wi-Fi icons appear followed by a map of Canada)

We’re all on the internet connecting our nation

So let’s come together and share our information

(Verse 1: Gen Z)

(The boombox has text that says, “Gen Z” and a baseball cap drops onto the corner of it. Tea emojis appear.)

No cap, this verse is serving facts, that’s the tea

(Side eyes emojis)

If you understood that sentence, you can speak Gen Z

(Various emojis including a microphone, a woman dancing, a high-heeled shoe, and a hat)

We keep up to date with trends in slang, dance and fashion

So automated updates are my generation’s passion

(Computers and phone screens with open-mouthed smiling emojis)

Anti-virus software makes my tech work for me

(Clapping hand emojis)

‘Cause cyber criminals give us the ick, lowkey

(The boombox has text that says “Millennials”)

Voice over: “Wow, this verse is giving!”

Voice over: “Giving… what?”

(An animation of an old desktop computer with loading dots onscreen)

We grew up on dial-up and now we’re always online

(Stylized social media posts featuring cute cats appear)

I’m so Millennial, I made accounts for all my felines

(Logos for various social platforms fall into a pile)

Social media pro, too many handles to count

(A gold chain with a fish pendant dangles)

So ask me about phishing, ‘cause my knowledge astounds

(An envelope with a mistyped message appears followed by red flags)

Easy typos, strange links, unexpected news

Unknown sender? #BlockThemBoo

(Lock icons move across the screen)

Gen Cyber Safe is the safest generation

(Birthday cakes float into frame)

No matter when you’re born, it’s a cyber revelation

(Wi-Fi icons appear followed by a map of Canada)

We’re all on the internet connecting our nation

So let’s come together and share our information

(The boombox has text that says “Gen X” as a cassette tapes float in)

We started making mix tapes and now we’re streaming

(Lyrics appear in a cloud)

Forgot about Gen X? Yeah, you must be dreaming

(The frame is decorated with the viewfinder elements of a camcorder screen)

We backed up our media before the internet

Episodes and memories on video cassette

(Files float from a laptop up to a cloud)

Now we copy to the cloud every MP3 and GIF

(A bird cage traps the floating files around the laptop)

Lose our data to ransomware? Ugh, as if!

(The boombox has text that says “Baby Boomers”)

Voice over: “Cyber criminals? Talk to the hand.”

(Flower power animations)

I grew up with the hippies. Yeah, I’m tough, I’ll never tire

(Animated fire emojis)

Baby Boomer here, gonna set this verse on fire

(The frame pans across a music notation staff, showing a music note followed by asterisks and a flexing bicep emoji)

4 words together, over 15 characters long

This verse is like my passphrase, unforgettable and strong

(A passphrase field with a key emoji that says “TurnipWinterDoodleShout”)

An example of a passphrase is TurnipWinterDoodleShout

(Hippie-stylized account login screens wipe to an emoji hand raised in a peace sign)

Make one for every account and then peace out!

Voice over: “Take it away, Silent Generation.”

(Boombox text reads “Silent Generation”)

silence

Voice over: “Oh that’s right”

(Lock icons move across the screen)

Gen Cyber Safe is the safest generation

(Birthday cakes float into frame)

No matter when you’re born, it’s a cyber revelation

(Wi-Fi icons appear followed by a map of Canada)

We’re all on the internet connecting our nation

So let’s come together and share our information

(Boombox displays text that reads “Gen Alpha”)

Voice Over: Gen Cyber Safe

(A smartphone with a stylized face in a QR code reader)

I typed and swiped and clicked before I could walk

(Hand waving emojis)

I’m Generation Alpha and I’m new on the block.

(Illustrations of school supplies wipe to reveal glasses-wearing emojis)

Everything I know I learned from those older than me

(A file folder protected by floating locks wipes to a perplexed-looking puffer fish)

Like keeping data private and spotting what’s phishy

(Virus emojis appear, followed by arm muscle emojis)

With new threats on the rise, the kids will lead the way

To a safer era, GetCyberSafe.ca

(Boombox reappears with soundwaves behind it)

Multiple voices spoken together 6 times: Gen Cyber Safe

(Cut to a blank screen with GetCyberSafe.ca logo followed by English and French Logos for Communications Security Establishment of Canada)

(Government of Canada Wordmark)