Security explainer video template

Make your security product easier to understand. Connect a real threat or workflow problem to what the product does.

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Official 1Password screenshots show how to open Watchtower, review password-health categories and choose an item that needs attention.

Create a 30-second explainer video for 1Password Watchtower, a password-health dashboard for people reviewing their saved account security. Open on the threat: weak or reused passwords can leave accounts exposed. Then show how 1Password Watchtower detects or stops it — narrate the workflow step by step, using the real product UI or the URL I'm attaching. Keep the language precise and free of jargon. Tone: clear and reassuring. End on the logo with the line Review your Watchtower dashboard in 1Password. Voiceover language: English; if no voiceover, use on-screen captions and clean background music. Use https://support.1password.com/watchtower/ as the factual and visual source. Explain opening Watchtower, reviewing its categories and choosing an item that needs attention. Preserve official screenshots. Do not access a real vault, display secrets, invent alerts or imply protection against every breach.

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Prompt

Create a 30-second explainer video for 1Password Watchtower, a password-health dashboard for people reviewing their saved account security. Open on the threat: weak or reused passwords can leave accounts exposed. Then show how 1Password Watchtower detects or stops it — narrate the workflow step by step, using the real product UI or the URL I'm attaching. Keep the language precise and free of jargon. Tone: clear and reassuring. End on the logo with the line Review your Watchtower dashboard in 1Password. Voiceover language: English; if no voiceover, use on-screen captions and clean background music. Use https://support.1password.com/watchtower/ as the factual and visual source. Explain opening Watchtower, reviewing its categories and choosing an item that needs attention. Preserve official screenshots. Do not access a real vault, display secrets, invent alerts or imply protection against every breach.

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Editorial

Source material

Read the video transcript

A weak or reused password can leave more than one account exposed. Watchtower checks the items you've saved for security problems. To open it, select Watchtower in the sidebar. Your dashboard shows each category that has items in it, such as compromised websites, reused passwords and weak passwords. Select Show Items, choose an item that needs attention, and follow its alert to change the password. Review your Watchtower dashboard in 1Password.

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Help filling in your brief
[product-name]
Your product name.
[product-category]
What it does, in plain words.
[audience]
Who watches this.
[threat-scenario]
The attack or risk you open on.
[tone]
Voice and feel.
[cta]
Closing line.
[vo-language]
Narration language.
[source-material]
Source URL or uploaded material.
[feature-workflow]
The workflow to explain.

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What this template is

A security explainer video template is a reusable prompt plus a four-beat scene structure that turns a cybersecurity product URL or screen recording into a short, narrated explainer. The structure — threat context, product workflow, outcome, call to action — stays constant; the product, audience, and threat scenario are slots the user fills. ngram handles script, motion graphics, voiceover, and captions so a security marketer or founder can go from brief to a publish-ready video without a production team.

industry: securityjob: explaineraudience: security marketers
Scene structure

What the template builds

Four beats, 30 seconds — the shape the brief cluster converges on.

  1. 1

    Threat hook

    6s

    Name the specific attack or risk the audience already knows. Text-forward, no product yet — the viewer needs to feel the problem before they see the solution.

  2. 2

    Workflow walkthrough

    16s

    Cut to the real product UI. Narrate how the product detects, scores, or stops the threat step by step, with on-screen callouts on the key UI moments.

  3. 3

    Outcome

    5s

    Show the result — the risk eliminated, the alert resolved, the score improved. One concrete win, not a list.

  4. 4

    Logo + CTA

    3s

    Hold on the product logo and the closing line. No hard sell — the workflow already made the case.

Customize

Make it yours

Duration

Trim to a 15-second social teaser or extend to 60 seconds for a deeper technical walkthrough.

15s30s60s

Narration

AI voiceover for a polished delivery, or captions-only for conference screens and muted LinkedIn feeds.

AI voiceoverCaptions + musicNo audio

Style

Motion-graphics sits cleanest for abstract concepts like threat scoring. Realistic works when you have strong screen recordings.

Motion-graphicsMinimalistRealistic

Aspect ratio

Match the channel: widescreen for YouTube and web, vertical for Reels, square for LinkedIn feed.

16:9 YouTube/web9:16 Reels/Shorts1:1 feed
Variations

Common variations

60-second technical deep-dive

Walk two or three stages of the workflow for a CISO or security-engineer audience that wants the detail.

tweak

Extend to 60 seconds. Cover [threat-scenario], detection, scoring, and remediation workflow. Keep the tone technical. Add a brief narrated intro naming the compliance risk addressed.

15-second threat teaser

Open on the threat only — no product yet. Use it as a hook on LinkedIn or as a pre-roll ad that ends on your brand.

tweak

Reduce to 15 seconds. Open on the threat statistic or scenario. Cut to the product name and logo. No feature walkthrough.

Vertical cut for Reels

A separate 9:16 edit for short-form feeds where security buyers scroll on mobile.

tweak

Switch to 9:16. Keep captions large and centered. Crop the product UI to the active region only.

Captions-only conference cut

For trade-show loops, conference screens, and any context where audio is off.

tweak

Remove the voiceover. Use large on-screen captions and clean background music. Captions should be readable at 6 feet.

How it works

How it works

1

Open the template

'Use this template' drops you into the editor with the prompt prefilled and the four-beat structure ready.

2

Add your details

Replace the brackets with your product name, threat scenario, audience, and closing line. Attach a product URL or screen recording.

3

Approve the plan, then refine

Review the proposed plan and its script, then approve it to create your video. Preview the result and ask ngram to adjust the pacing, visuals or narration.

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Plug explainers into your stack

Triggers, not logos — wire explainer creation into the tools your security team already uses.

YouTube
Social Publishing Beta

whenThe finished cybersecurity explainer is ready to share with its YouTube audience

thenWrite the YouTube post for the cybersecurity explainer, then publish it.

Integrate with YouTube
LinkedIn
Social Publishing Beta

whenThe finished cybersecurity explainer is ready to share with its LinkedIn audience

thenPublish the cybersecurity explainer on LinkedIn after composing its post.

Integrate with LinkedIn
Zapier
Automate

whena new product release ships

thenauto-render an explainer and notify the team

Integrate with Zapier
n8n
Self-host

whena webhook fires

thengenerate an explainer in a self-hosted flow

Integrate with n8n
Chrome extension
Capture

whenyou capture a product walkthrough

thenstart an explainer from the browser

Integrate with Chrome extension
REST APIMCP serverWebhooksBuild your own integration in ~30 lines.

Frequently asked

Do I need a screen recording to use this template?

No. Paste your product URL instead — ngram fetches the page, pulls UI screenshots, and uses them to build the workflow scenes. A screen recording gives you tighter control over which steps appear, but the URL path works well for most explainers.

My product is highly technical. Can the script handle it?

Yes. Fill the [product-category] slot with specific technical language — 'SBOM integrity verification layer for containerized CI/CD pipelines' is fine. The more precise the slot, the more accurate the script. You can also paste a product one-pager as an attachment alongside the URL.

How do I make the threat hook land with a non-technical buyer?

Write the [threat-scenario] slot in business terms rather than CVE numbers: 'a third-party dependency quietly exfiltrating session tokens' instead of 'CVE-2024-XXXX.' The script translates technical risk into business consequence automatically when you frame it that way.

What aspect ratio does it produce by default?

16:9 is a good default for a website or sales deck. For Reels or TikTok, prepare a separate 9:16 edit from the same brief and check the crop before exporting.

Can I run this for multiple products or threat scenarios?

Yes. Open the template, change the product and threat slots, and generate a new video. Each run is independent. Select the same Brand Kit when creating each video to reuse your brand settings.

Does ngram keep my product screenshots or screen recordings private?

Uploaded assets are stored in your workspace and are not used to train models or shared outside your account. Team members in your workspace can see shared assets; no one else can.

Use the security explainer video template now.

Copy the prompt, add your details, and get a publish-ready cybersecurity explainer.

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