The security of your data depends not only on the strength of the encryption method but also on the strength of your password, including factors such as length and composition of the password, and the measures you take to ensure that your password is not disclosed to unauthorized third parties.
You should keep the following considerations in mind when choosing passwords for your files:
Encryption password cannot be less than 6 characters long
In general, longer passwords are more secure than shorter passwords. To take maximum advantage of the full strength of AES encryption passwords length must be approximately 31 characters
Passwords that contain a combination of upper and lower case letters, digits, and punctuation are more secure than passwords containing only letters.
Because you can use spaces and punctuation, you can create "pass phrases" that are long enough but still easy to remember and type.
Avoid using easily guessed passwords such as names, birthdays, Social Security numbers, addresses, telephone numbers, etc...
Avoid storing the password on the same volume on which the encryption data is located.
Keep a record of the passwords you use and to keep this record in a secure place. Genie Timeline has no way to access the contents of an encrypted file unless you supply the correct password.